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HAND-BOOK 



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MEDICINE. 



BY 



HENRY S. TRUMAN 



CHICAGO: 
SPAULDING & CO. 

1893. 







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CONTENTS. 



Page. 

Introduction i 

A FEW HINTS FOR CAREFUL CONSIDERATION. 

Importance of a Knowledge of Medicine 1 1 

"Household Remedies." 12 

The Family Medicine Chest 14 

Patent Medicines 14 

Hygiene 16 

Hints on nursing 18 

Accidents and emergencies 23 

Asphyxiation (Suffocation) \ ... 24 

Burns and Scalds 24 

Bruises 25 

Fractures or Broken Bones 26 

Cuts and Wounds 27 

Choking 29 

Concussion of the Brain 30 

Dislocations 30 

Drowning 32 

Eyes Accidents to the , . . . 33 

Ear ache 33 

Fainting ' . . 34 

Freezing 34 

Griping 35 

Gun Shot Wounds 35 



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Prostration from Heat — Sunstroke 35 

Hydrophobia 36 

Lock Jaw 36 

Bleeding from the Nose 36 

Poison Ivy 37 

Sprains and Strains 37 

Snake Bites 38 

Stings of Insects 39 

Poisons and antidotes 40 

Common diseases and their treatment 43 

Asthma 45 

Ague (Chills and Fever) 47 

Biliousness 48 

Boils - 50 

Bunions 51 

Back ache 51 

Bright's Disease 52 

Consumption 54 

Cholera Morbus 57 

Coughs and Colds (Bronchitis) 58 

Chafing 59 

Corns 59 

Cholera 60 

Chilblains 64 

Chapped Skin 65 

Chicken Pox 65 

Canker Sore Mouth 66 

Constipation . 67 

Catarrh 63 

Croup 71 

Diphtheria 74 

Dyspepsia — Indigestion 76 

Diarrhoea 81 

Dysentery ,83 



Inflammation of the Eyes 84 

Erysipelas 86 

Eczema 90 

Felon 91 

Fever sores 92 

Gravel 92 

Gout 94 

Headache 95 

Hives 97 

Hay Fever 98 

Hoarseness 1 o 1 

Heart burn 102 

Heart Disease. 102 

Hooping-Cough 1 04 

Itch 106 

J aundice 108 

Measles 1 10 

Mortification— Gangrene 112 

Neuralgia 113 

Night Sweats 115 

Piles : 116 

Influenza — La Grippe 117 

Pimples • • • • 120 

Pneumonia :.I22 

Rheumatism 125 

Ringworm 127 

Scarlet Fever 127 

Shingles 1 30 

Sore Throat . 131 

Salt Rheum 132 

Scrofula 133 

Typhoid Fever 137 

Toothache 1 40 

Tumors 141 



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Ulcers '. 1 42 

Warts 142 

Worms 143 

Memoranda. 



INTRODUCTION. 

No branch of scientific research is of such vital 
moment to every human being as that of medicine. 
Health, how to preserve it, and how to bring about 
its return when stolen by disease, is the vital factor of 
success and happiness with us all. 

In no other department of learning does there seem 
to be the degree of misapprehension or positive ignor- 
ance, among the people at large, as in this. This 
lamentable condition may have arisen from any of 
three causes and has probably been contributed to by 
all. 

First: — Carelessness and lack of interest on the 
part of the general public. 

Second: — The intense jealousy with which the 
medical profession, since the days of Esculapius, has 
guarded its knowledge and discoveries from the out- 
side world; which has from time immemorial caused 
them to surround their lore with a bristling hedge of 
technical terms and phrases incomprehensible to any 
but the initiated. 

Third: — The absence of reliable and intelligent 
popular treatises, adapted to the understanding of all 
and published at a price which would insure their 
thorough distribution. 

It is the last of these reasons which has induced 
the author to prepare and launch this little work. In 
it he has endeavored to treat solely of the most com- 
mon diseases and these as concisely and clearly as 



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possible, omitting all scientific and technical phrases. 
Obscure and difficult ailments which can be recog- 
nized and handled only by a trained physician have 
been left out, as being only confusing elements; as well 
as the diseases peculiar to women which will be dis- 
cussed in a separate volume soon to be published. 

Lack of space has often compelled extreme brevity 
when the author would have preferred more extended 
mention, but he believes he has succeeded in includ- 
ing all of the more important points and the reader 
may rest assured that every statement has been fully 
verified by the latest and highest authorities. 

With the hope that the little volume will in some 
slight measure realize his expectations, viz: to afford 
his readers help and some degree of understanding in 
the healing art, the author submits it to your consid- 
eration. 



A FEW POINTS FOR CAREFUL 
CONSIDERATION. 

The Importance of a General Knowledge of Do- 
mestic Medicine. 

Every housewife must necessarily be, to a greater 
or less extent, a physician in her own family. Not 
that she can or should altogether usurp the place of 
the skilled and experienced practitioner, but the 
ability to recognize diseases and a knowledge of the 
proper treatment and remedies to apply in the first 
stages of even serious ailments, will often check 
their course and prevent what would otherwise result 
in long and wasting illness, or possibly death. 

Further, this knowledge and a supply of simple 
remedies will enable her to successfully cope with the 
commoner complaints, to which her household is sub- 
ject, entirely independent of professional aid, thus 
saving suffering and many dollars in doctor's bills as 
well. 

Every one appreciates the constant possibility of 
accident and sudden emergency, to which the whole 
human race is liable. In nothing is it more impera- 
tive than that the mistress of a household be able and 
prepared to afford prompt relief. If she knows how 
and has the means to stop the flow of blood from a 
severe wound, dress the blistered flesh of a serious 
burn, or ease the pain of a fractured limb, she can 
often be of as much assistance to ultimate recovery 
as the surgeon, who later takes the case in hand. More- 
over in instances where it is impossible to secure 
professional aid without delay, sometimes for hours, 
this skill of the wife and mother may save even life 
itself. 



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This necessity for a knowledge of the rudiments of 
medicine exists in nearly every home, but more par- 
ticularly is it needful among those whose enviable lot 
it is to dwell in the country or farming districts, instead 
of in the city. The latter can secure the aid of a 
physician, with but a brief delay, at all times, while 
the farmer's wife must often wait hours before pro- 
fessional assistance can reach her. Then comes the 
test of her knowledge and foresight, and bitter will be 
the regret if through want of either, she is unable to 
give relief to those she loves. 

Every woman who has the responsibilities of a 
family upon her, should arm herself against the time 
of necessity which will surely come. A little in- 
telligent reading orstudy and a few common remedies, 
will sooner or later prove worth their weight in gold. 

"Household Remedies." 

An extended review of many works similar in plan 
and scope to this little book, shows that almost with- 
out exception they give a great array of "family re- 
ceipts" for every known disease, to be compounded in 
the household from common "roots and herbs." 
While a large proportion of the remedial agents at 
the command of the medical profession to-day are 
derived from vegetable rather than mineral sources, 
from "roots and herbs," yet there are many reasons 
why the system of recommending these home prepar- 
ed medicines has wrought untold havoc. 

A careful consideration of hundreds of these so- 
called prescriptions demonstrates that the majority 
are utterly worthless for the purpose recommended. 
Many are harmless it is true, while a few are absol- 
utely dangerous in hands unskilled in their proper 
preparation or administration. Even if harmless, 
their employment has often resulted in disaster by 
causing the loss of valuable time. In their incipient 
stages nearly all of the common diseases can be read- 
ily overcome and serious illness prevented. But 
where one of these useless remedies is relied upon 



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without benefit, until the malady has become firmly 
seated, the most skilled physician may be unable to 
cope with it successfully. 

The experience of medical men has demonstrated 
conclusively that few, of even the most beneficial 
herbs and plants, can be prepared as medicines in the 
kitchen with satisfactory results. It requires the 
skill and scientific appliances of the chemist to extract 
the active principle, the life from the plant which is 
the true remedial agent sought for. This must be 
secured separated from all impurities and in a form 
to be readily taken up and assimilated by the system, 
to afford the desired healing effect. In this the 
kitchen cannot compete with the laboratory. 

It is true, there are many simple remedies easily 
prepared in every household that are fairly efficacious 
and these the author has recommended fully with in- 
structions how best to prepare them. But where 
there is no remedy of this description that can be de- 
pended upon, the author has recommended a phar- 
maceutical preparation that he knows to be the very 
best obtainable. 

There are many manufacturing chemists in this 
country whose compounds are of the highest degree 
of excellence, but which are in a form that precludes 
their being used with safety or success by any but 
a regular physician. They are not adapted to the 
laity or for household use. 

Therefore, the author has recommended in many 
instances the various prescriptions and preparations 
compounded by the Consumers Drug Company, know- 
that both himself and his readers can rely implicitly 
on their having the desired effect in every instance. 
These preparations are the only ones, to the author's 
knowledge, that are designed especially for household 
or common use without the supervision of a physician. 
By following the directions carefully, there is not the 
slightest danger of evil results, while the effects ob- 
tained will be found uniformly satisfactory. 



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The Family Medicine Chest. 

All the knowledge obtainable as to the proper 
treatment of diseases and emergencies is useless, un- 
less its possessor has also the requisite remedies and 
appliances. We cannot too strongly impress upon 
the mind of the reader, the vital necessity of having 
always at hand, where they can instantly be got at, a 
few preparations that are needed almost constantly, 
in every household in the land. In time of need, the 
delay consequent on having to send to the nearest 
druggist, may result seriously. One may keep a pre- 
scription in the house for months without using it, 
but when the time arrives that it is required and that 
instantly, its possession is of incalculable value. 

In this connection it may be well to mention the 
Household Medicine Cabinet prepared by the Consu- 
mers Drug Company. This is a neat case arranged 
in compact convenient form, stocked with everything 
that the housewife is liable to require in cases of acci- 
dent, sudden illness or for the complete treatment 
of common complaints. It is kept supplied by 
their local representative and is furnished on terms so 
liberal, that no family can offord to be without one. 

Patent Medicines. 

A final word about this one of the greatest modern 
American evils. The so-called "patent" or proprie- 
tory remedies have multiplied so rapidly during re- 
cent years and are so generally used, even by those of 
superior education and intelligence, that they 
form one of the gravest problems which confronts 
those who are working for the advancement of the 
health and happiness of their fellows. 

While some of these secret preparations have more 
or less merit, the majority of them are compounded 
solely to entice the money of the gullible through 
clever advertising. If they happen to be harmless 
the dupe loses only his money. If, as is often the 
case, they are actually injurious, the victim is robbed 
of both health and dollars. 



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It may be taken as a safe rule, never to buy or take 
a preparation which is not compounded by a reliable 
firm of manufacturing chemists and such are always 
willing to furnish their patrons with the formulas of 
their various remedies, when requested. 



HYGIENE. 

We have endeavored to impress upon the reader 
the vital necessity of everyone having some knowledge 
of disease and its remedy. It is a blessing to be able 
to succor and relieve suffering, but a thousand fold 
greater blessing, is the ability to prevent it. 

For centuries the law of the Medes and Persians 
has been the synonym of inflexible rule. But com- 
pared with the law,, of nature, that of the Persians is 
as chaff before the winds. Whosoever violates them 
will as certainly receive meet punishment as time 
rolls on, it matters not whether that violation be will- 
ful or through ignorance. Disease is the penalty 
dealt out by the outraged Mother Nature to those who 
have rebelled against her rule. 

Ninety-five per cent of the suffering through disease, 
comes from ignorance of proper living and therefore, 
can excite only the profoundest pity from enlightened 
minds. The remainder, which is the result of direct 
and willful violation on the part of its victims, is the 
reward of such willfulness. 

Progress in the expounding of these natural laws, is 
making gigantic strides in these glorious years of ad- 
vancement and the percentage of those who break 
them ignorantly, is growing steadily smaller. When 
the happy time arrives, that all American children are 
obliged to acquire a knowledge of Physiology and 
Hygiene, as thorough, as well grounded as that now 
demanded in the rudiments of general education, then 
and not till then will be seen evidence of the abate- 
ment of the awful catalogue of ailments, which the 
people of this country are groaning under to-day. 

It is not our purpose to treat this subject in this 
connection. It is impossible to do it justice within 
the scope of this small work, and it is far better to 
©mit it altogether, than to give to a matter so gravely 



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important but the meager outline possible in the few 
pages at our disposal. Better, by far, utilize them in 
the endeavor to convince our readers of the impor- 
tance of a knowledge of correct living and the serious 
bearing it certainly has on their future happiness. 

Secure the best works obtainable oq Hygienic re- 
gulations and do not read but study them. Under- 
stand and believe them, for they teach the accumu- 
lated truths of ages of scientific observation. Their 
teachings prove themselves. Follow them and you 
will not lack for convincing evidence. 

Then teach your children what you have learned. 
Begin with the birth of their understanding, constant- 
ly adding to their knowledge as their minds expand. 
Insist on their living rightly. Not only they but fu- 
ture generations of your descendents will bless you. 
If, when your time comes to take your turn across the 
dark river, you leave to your children the endowment 
of perfect health and the knowledge how to retain it, 
you have given them a far richer heritage than untold 
millions in gold. It is in this way, and this only, 
that physical perfection in the human race can ever 
be attained. 



HINTS ON NURSING. 

Great as are the resources and achievements of 
modern medical science and chemistry, they will 
avail but little in combating disease, without that con- 
stant, watchful, intelligent care for the patient and 
his requirements included under the general term, — 
nursing. 

It is self evident that a professional or trained 
nurse, who has spent years of study in acquiring every 
detail of her calling, with unlimited advantages, to be 
had only in some great hospital, can be of more value 
in the sick room than the amateur who has little op- 
portunity or practice. But the great majority of 
families cannot afford the luxury of the professional 
nurse and the duty, therefore, devolves upon wife, 
mother or sister. 

It is for these, that the following brief hints are in- 
tended. While necessarily incomplete, they cover the 
main points to be observed and we know an intelli- 
gent application of them, will afford satisfactory re- 
sults. They are of a general nature only and brief 
special instructions as to care, will be found under the 
head of accessory treatment to different diseases, as 
described separately. 

Light and Air. 

Above all things, the sick room should be cheerful 
and well ventilated, roomy and as pleasant in every 
way as circumstances will permit. 

It is very rarely indeed that a patient requires that 
the room be darkened and unless this be a necessity, 
as in some diseases of the eyes or nervous system, 
the gloom will only have a most depressing effect. 
In almost every ailment, particularly those of a lingering 
or wasting nature, such as fevers, it is absolutely 



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essential that the patient be kept cheerful and in 
good spirits. This is impossible without plenty of 
Nature's own restorative, sunlight and fresh air. 

Even in health, the air of the sleeping room soon 
becomes noxious, unless constantly renewed and pur- 
ified and this is greatly aggravated in disease, when the 
person and discharges of the patient are constantly 
throwing off poisonous matter which contaminates 
the atmosphere and surroundings. Ventilation is best 
had through an adjoining apartment, if convenient, 
thus protecting the patient from draughts, but when 
this is impossible open the windows (always from the 
top) screening the bed and its occupants from direct 
currents of air. A wood fire place or coal grate af- 
fords the very best obtainable ventilation and should 
always be utilized. 

The Consumers Drug Company s Germ Killer is a 
very valuable and necessary adjunct of the sick room. 
It may be used either by saturating a sponge or cloth 
and allowing it to evaporate, or spraying the room 
frequently and liberally with an atomizer. This not 
only freshens and purifies the atmosphere of the apart- 
ment, but destroys the floating poisons of disease and 
lessens the danger of contagion. No nurse, amateur 
or professional should ever be without a supply of 
this most excellent preparation. 

The Nurse. 

The elements which are absolutely essential to suc- 
cess in caring for the sick, are intelligence, cheerful- 
ness, and presence of mind under all circumstances, 
good temper, health, strength and neatness. 

The good nurse is always bright, alert and absol- 
utely submissive to the directions of the attending 
physician. No matter what her own theories or 
ideas may be, she must obey to the letter the instruc- 
tions of her superior, the doctor. 

She must be neat and tidy in her dress, with tem- 
per serene and unruffled under the most trying and 
exasperating demands from her charge. She has 



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everything to do with the mental condition of her 
patient and oftentimes recovery is entirely dependent 
on the sufferer being kept bright and sanguine. 

She must have the physical strength and endurance 
to withstand the strain of long vigils without rest, 
and no woman whose self command is shaken by dan- 
gerous crises, or the sight of suffering, to say nothing 
of bloody operations, is competent to have charge of 
a sick room. 

In substance, a good nurse must be a strong, self 
reliant, intelligent womanly woman. 

The Bed. 

The sick bed should be roomy, comfortable and 
placed so as to be easy of access from every side. 

Under no circumstance allow a patient to lie on 
one of those abominations, a feather bed. A firm 
comfortable mattress is an absolute necessity, pre- 
ferably of hair, but any cheaper sort will answer 
when best available. 

Light warm blankets are infinitely the best for the 
sick bed, but the ordinary comforters will answer, if 
not too heavy. Banish the heavy cotton counterpanes, 
Their weight is not only often distressing to the pa- 
tient, without affording compensating warmth, but 
they serve to retain the poisonous emanations from 
the person of the invalid. 

Pillows should be soft, numerous and of different 
sizes, when convenient, so as to conform to the various 
requirements of the patient. 

The bedding should be changed frequently, depend- 
ing on the condition of the patient, and thoroughly 
aired. It is also best to change and 

thoroughly air the mattress every few days. In cases 
of fevers and all infectious or contagious diseases, the 
sheets should be well washed in water, to which has 
been added a small quantity of the C. D. Co s Germ 
Killer, to destroy the poisonous matter which is in- 
variably attached to them. Never put sheets or 
other bedding on the couch of an invalid, without 



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being positive that they are absolutely dry. It is al- 
ways safest to dry and warm them thoroughly before 
a fire, before using. 

Food. 

Brief hints on the proper diet for different diseases, 
will be found outlined in the treatment for each. 
The nurse should also be guided by the advice of the 
attending physician in this very important matter. 

The food for an invalid should never be prepared 
or allowed to stand, either in or near, the room of the 
patient. Neither should the odors arising from any 
cooking or eating, be allowed to penetrate to this 
apartment. 

The food intended for the patient should be cooked 
daintily and served neatly and in its most perfect and 
palatable form. It should also be given punctually 
and if circumstances require it, the patient must be 
induced to eat. In this, coaxing and blandishment, 
are far more effective than command. 

Company. 

This is a matter entirely governed by circumstances 
and can be best regulated by the medical attendant. 
It is a safe rule however to have too few, rather than 
too many, visitors. Particularly after a protracted 
illness, the excitement is apt to have an injurious effect 
on the weakened convalescent. The patient himself 
is rarely qualified to judge in this particular and the 
nurse should enforce her rules, regardless of his pro- 
test. 

Conversation on business matters should never be 
permitted when the invalid is at all weak or nervous. 

Callers should never be allowed to sit on the bed 
of the patient, nor should loud talking be permitted. 
But on the contrary, should it be thought advisable to 
allow the friends of the sick one to see him, they 
should be cautioned against showing concern or ap- 
prehension at the danger of his condition, and in fact 
let the conversation be about any bright and cheerful 



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matter, avoiding the subject of the invalid and his 
ailments, as much as possible. 

Cleanliness. 

This absolute necessity to health is tenfold more 
vital in illness. Except in some very few instances, 
which the physician will quickly determine, the pa- 
tient must be bathed frequently and regularly, to re- 
move the diseased matter which is constantly thrown 
off from the system, through the pores of the skin. 

Before beginning the operation, the nurse should 
prepare everything needful, so that it may be as brief 
and free from unnecessary annoyance or discomfort 
to the patient, as possible. It is an excellent plan to 
spread a spare sheet on the bed, underneath the in- 
valid, to protect the bed clothing from dampness, to 
be removed as soon as the bath is finished. 

Bathe only a small portion of the person at a time, 
using a sponge or soft cloth and drying the surface 
quickly with a soft towel. Pay especial attention to 
those parts where the diseased emanations accumul- 
ate most quickly, such as arm pits, between the fing- 
ers, etc. 

Never use anything but pure castile soap. It is 
not only the cheapest, but the only soap safe for the 
sick room. 

Diet. 

The modern physician has come to depend upon 
this regulation of a patient's food, nearly as much as 
upon chemical curative agents. 

Reliable general directions on this important sub- 
ject are impossible, but the reader will find sugges- 
tions as to the proper diet in different diseases men- 
tioned under the description and treatment of each 
complaint. 



ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES. 



In case of serious accident or injury, the first and 
important requisite, is to retain your presence of mind, 
if you would be of assistance to the sufferer. 

Next, is knowing the right thing to do and having 
the things to do it with. While the following direc- 
tions, covering nearly all of the emergencies that are 
liable to occur in the family or neighborhood, are 
necessarily concise, yet if understood and followed, 
they are ample to afford relief in serious cases until 
a surgeon can be had; or the complete cure, without 
professional assistance, of injuries of the more simple 
sort. It would be well to memorize the more im- 
portant, as there is rarely time in emergencies to run 
and consult a book. Be sure you are right, then go 
ahead and act quickly. 

In the matter of remedies and appliances, we would 
again mention that handy ally of the housewife, the 
C. D. Co s. Household Medicine Cabinet. This is 
especially designed to afford prompt help in case of 
accident and as furnished and kept supplied by them, 
contains all that is necessary to avert danger, or ease 
pain. The "Emergency Case" is a most convenient 
little device and should, always be kept fully supplied 
as directed, with strips of soft, white linen or cotton 
cloth, (preferably the former) for bandages. 

The preparations which have been recommended 
in the various emergencies, are also to be found in the 
cabinet and are the very best for the purposes indi- 
cated, that can be had. If these are in the house 
(and they should never be absent) always use them 
in place of any other remedy. 



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ASPHYXIATION (Suffocation). 

Caused by breathing illuminating gas or the gas 
which escapes from improperly handled coal stoves, 
also by inhaling the noxious gases of old wells or vats, 
or the fumes ot burning charcoal. 

If the patient is partially, or entirely unconcious 
remove him immediately to the open air, loosening 
the clothing about the neck and chest to facilitate 
breathing, sprinkle cold water over the face and head 
and bathe the temples and brow with C. D. Co s. 
Aromatic Ammonia,z.\\ovimg the patient to inhale the 
fumes freely. 

If breathing be entirely suspended, endeavor to 
reestablish it as in instructions for drowning. 

Should the case be a serious one, and life appar- 
ently almost extinct, a physician should be sent for 
immediately, as even should the patient revive, the 
reaction will Le severe and demand professional treat- 
ment. 



BURNS and SCALDS. 

These are perhaps the most common injuries which 
the housewife is called upon to treat, although ordi- 
narly of a comparatively trivial nature. Even small 
burns or scalds should not be neglected however, as 
they often develop into serious sores, particularly in 
persons of scrofulous tendencies. 

Without an instant's delay, the burn or scald should 
be liberally anointed with the CD. Co s. Healing Lotion 
taking care that the entire surface is well covered. 
Then apply a thick layer of the C. D. Cos. Medicated 
Absorbent Cotton, wrapping the whole firmly but 
gently in bandages. After a few hours the Healing 
Lotion will have become absorbed and the burn should 
be redressed precisely as at first. Always cover it 
with the Absorbent Cotton and bandage so as to ex- 
clude the air as much as possible. 



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Should the burn or scald suppurate, viz — become 
maturated or discharge pus, bathe it gently in a 
warm solution of the C. D. Co s Antiseptine, in the 
proportions as directed for this purpose on the label. 
When the surface is entirely clean and free from foul 
matter, apply the Healing Lotion and dress as before. 

The most obstinate and severe burns or scalds will 
readily and quickly heal under this treatment. 

Should the injury be very severe, causing faintness 
or collapse, the patient should be revived by small 
doses of brandy or whisky administered frequently and, 
at the same time, bathing the forehead and temples 
with Aromatie Ammonia. 

In cases of small children who are unable to rest 
or sleep because of the pain, a dose of the C. D. Co>s 
Soothing Syrup, will be found to relieve them quickly 
and induce quiet slumber almost immediately, thus 
facilitating recovery. This excellent quieting mixture 
should not be confounded with the many "patent" 
nostrums bearing a similar name. Almost without 
exception, these are compounds of opium and highly 
dangerous. This is the only preparation, to the 
author's knowledge, which can be given to young 
children without fear of bad results as it is absolutely 
as harmless as it is beneficial. 



BRUISES. 

Insignificant bruises, where only slight discoloration 
is evident, will rapidly heal themselves without treat- 
ment. 

If very painful, as bumps on the head, they should 
be lightly bathed with the C. D. Cos. Anodyne Lini- 
ment, which will ease the pain immediately. In case 
the skin is abraded or broken, the Anodyne Liniment 
should never be used, as it is not intended for appli- 
cation to raw surfaces. 

Should there be a combination of bruise and slight 
cut, as from a blow with some blunt instrument, the 



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wound should be bathed in cold water containing a 
few drops of the C. D. Cos. Autiseptine to remove 
all foreign substances, then a cloth saturated with the 
clear Autiseptine should be bound firmly over the in- 
jury. This will be found to have both a cooling and 
healing affect, very grateful to the patient. Cold ap- 
plications are used in cases of this sort to check bleed- 
ing. If the skin be unbroken they should be applied 
hot. 

Where any of the members have suffered from a 
severe blow, a careful examination should be made for 
broken bones, which can readily be detected. (See 
Fractures). Severe bruises, where there is no abra- 
sion of the skin, should be dressed by applying cloths 
saturated in a hot solution of equal parts of water 
and the C. D. Cos. Anodyne Liniment, which should 
be frequently renewed until the pain abates. 



FRACTURES or BROKEN BONES. 

All cases of broken bones call for the immediate at- 
tention of a skilled surgeon and are beyond the prov- 
ince of the housewife, except that she should use every 
effort to make the patient as easy as possible until 
the doctor arrives. The physician should always be 
called without delay, as it is often difficult to reduce 
the fracture properly after the parts have had time to 
swell and inflame. 

Fractures are of two kinds: simple and compound. 
In the compound fracture, the end of the bone pierces 
the flesh, and protrudes so it can be easily seen, 
while in the simple fracture no exterior wound is vis- 
ible. 

The former is of course apparent, while the simple 
fracture is often rather difficult to detect, especially 
after the member has become swollen. It is always 
accompanied by loss of use of the part, and if the 
bone has not been heard to snap when broken, it can 
usually be determined by feeling it carefully to the 



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point where the two ends of the severed part can be 
felt working against each other. 

The injured person should at once be conveyed to 
the nearest house, and this is best done by carrying 
him on a stretcher, rather than in a wagon. A door 
or shutter answers admirably for the purpose. He 
should be handled with all possible care, to prevent 
the end of the bone pushing through the flesh, if it is 
merely a simple fracture, as this would add materially 
to the injury. If a compound fracture, and accom- 
panied by profuse bleeding, check the hemorrhage as 
directed for cuts and wounds. 

The intense pain of a simple fracture can be great- 
ly relieved by swathing the member with cloths sat- 
urated with the C. D. Co s Anodyne Liniment, which 
will instantly relieve the suffering. Should the patient 
suffer from faintness or prostration, small doses of 
whiskey or brandy accompanied with bathing the 
temples and inhaling Aromatic Ammonia, will revive 
him. 

In cases of compound fractures, there is no better 
dressing to be had than the C. D. Cos Antiseptine. 
Use no other. 



CUTS and WOUNDS. 

These are of frequent occurrence in every house- 
hold, and while the minor injuries of this description 
are easily disposed of, it sometimes happens that 
the flow of blood from a serious wound results in 
death, because the bystanders have not the knowledge 
or means to arrest it. 

Before proceeding with detailed treatment, we wish 
to give a word of advice. Never, under any circum- 
stances, apply ointment, liniment, tobacco, court- 
plaster, sugar, or any harsh remedy, or substance to the 
raw flesh, particularly to cuts. Not only does this 
practice needlessly aggravate the inflammation, but it 
has very often caused the loss of a finger, a leg, 
or even life itself, through blood poisoning. 



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After checking the flow of blood, the only dressing 
admissible is some healing antiseptic lotion, and of 
these, the best, to the authors knowledge, is the CD. 
Co s Antiseptine. It is all that is necessary to cure 
the most severe wounds that the household healer 
will be called upon to treat. 

Unimportant cuts, or abrasions of the skin, call for 
no further curative measures than stopping the hem- 
morrhage, by holding the edges of the wound tight 
together and binding snugly on it a small fold of 
linen, or bit of Absorbent Cotton, soaked with the An- 
tiseptine. This dressing should be allowed to remain 
some time, and when necessary to renew it, the 
compress may be gently removed by soaking in warm 
water,should it be attached to the edges of the cut by 
the dried blood. The bandage and dressing should 
be kept applied until the edges are completely unit- 
ed. 

In even very severe wounds, the services of a phy- 
sician will not be required if the following directions 
are carefully followed, unless an artery should be 
severed, in which case a surgeon should be had at 
once. 

The severance of an artery can always be detected 
by the blood being of a bright red color, and coming 
in spurts or jets. In this case action must be 
prompt or the patient will bleed to death in a very 
brief period. If the wound be in the leg or arm, the 
member should be bound above the injury, viz: — be- 
tween the cut and the heart, and compressed very 
tightly. If in the hand or forearm, always apply 
above the elbow. Take a handkerchief or bandage, 
knot it around the limb tightly, then thrust a stick 
under the bandage and twist it until the pressure is 
so great as to shut off the flow of blood. Do not re- 
lax it until the physician arrives. 

Should the severed artery be in the head, neck or 
body, it will be more difficult to manage, but the 
hemorrhage can usually be arrested, either by press- 
ing the finger hard over the end of the artery, if ex- 
posed, or compressing the edges of the wound very 



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tightly together and keeping them so, until the sur- 
geon relieves you. 

Should the cut be a severe one, yet without having 
severed an artery, there may still be very profuse 
bleeding from the veins. This can be readily stopped 
by compressing and binding the wound tightly, or 
using very cold applications. 

If the wound is extensive, the next move after the 
hemorrhage is arrested, is to cleanse it thoroughly of 
all foreign substances such as dirt, or bits of cloth 
or wood. If the bleeding be entirely stopped, luke- 
warm water can be used; but if there is still a slight 
hemorrhage, the water should be cold. Always put a 
little of the Antiseptine in the water when washing 
wounds. 

Then bind the edges tightly together, by using the 
strips of Adhesive Plaster, which will be found in the 
Emergency Case expressly for the purpose. Heat 
them slightly, so they will adhere firmly, and apply 
them ' 'crossways" of the cut. They should not cover 
it, but merely bind it together in several places. 

Now apply the linen, or absorbent cotton, well 
saturated with the Antiseptine, and bandage firmly. 
Renew this from day to day, and if the wound suppur- 
ates, wash the pus away thoroughly with a strong 
solution of the Antiseptine and renew dressing fre- 
quently. You will be astonished at the quickness 
with which it will unite and heal. 

Should the patient become faint from loss of blood, 
place him flat on his back, bathe the head with cold 
water and Aromatic Ammo?iia and give mild doses 
of stimulant. 



CHOKING. 

This is often a serious matter and sometimes re- 
quire? quick action to avert death. 

If the choking is caused by a morsel of food or 
foreign substance lodged in the throat, swallowing a 
bit of bread or some water will often dislodge it. 



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If this fails, it may be necessary to thrust the ob- 
struction down into the gullet. If it cannot be reach- 
ed and removed with the finger, a flexible stick like 
whalebone should be used or a bit of fairly stiff rub- 
ber, if obtainable. If harsh this should be covered 
with silk and oiled. 

A common method is to strike the patient sharply 
in the back which often dislodges the object. 

A better. plan is given by one. medical authority, 
who states he has often employed it successfully 
with children. Place the child between your knees, 
one knee pressed firmly on the back, the other on the 
stomach. Press one hand on the back between the 
shoulders and strike the child sharply on the chest. 

When any sharp substance as a fish bone, bit of 
metal, etc. , is firmly lodged in the throat, a surgeon 
should be summoned at once. 



CONCUSSION of the BRAIN. 

This is caused from a blow on the head or a fall 
and varies from a slight stun to death. 

If at all severe, a physician must be summoned 
with all haste. Place the patient in a warm bed with 
the head slightly raised and bathe the brow and tem- 
ples with Aromatic Ammonia. Should he not re- 
vive, the doctor on his arrival will apply such treat- 
ment as may be necessary and which can only be de- 
termined by an experienced physician. 



DISLOCATIONS. 

Members "out of joint" as the term is, are acci- 
dents which are almost certain to confront the dom- 
estic healer at some time in her career, and very 
painful and difficult injuries they often are to manage. 

Dislocations of the shoulder, elbow and those of 
the minor joints of the hand are most common. 



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They can readily be determined by the malformation 
of the joint and loss of use of the member, also by the 
limb usually being either shorter or longer than its 
fellow. 

Except in cases of the smaller joints, as of the fing- 
ers and toes, it is always best to call a surgeon im- 
mediately, as much depends on the proper reduction 
of the injury, mistakes frequently resulting in perman- 
ent disfigurement. When the surgeon has been sent 
for, little can be done for the patient but remove him 
carefully to the house and place the injured limb in 
the most comfortable position possible. Should he 
suffer from the shock and show signs of collapse, re- 
vive him with small doses of stimulant and bathe 
his temples with Aromatic Ammonia. 

If the delay before a physician arrives be great, the 
intense pain may be greatly alleviated by applying 
cloths saturated with the Anodyne Liniment to the 
injured joint. After the surgeon has reduced the dis- 
location he will indicate the further treatment nec- 
essary, which will be determined by circumstances. 

In places far removed from civilization, where a 
physician cannot be had without many hours delay, a 
dislocation of the shoulder if it be upward, forward 
or backward can often be reduced by placing the foot 
(from which the boot has been removed), under the 
arm pit of the patient and pulling the arm steadily 
and firmly, while an assistant endeavors to work the 
joint into its socket with his hands. Care should be 
taken in doing this not to rupture the small muscle 
which crosses at the front of the hollow of the arm 
pit. When the shoulder is in place, bind the arm 
securely to the body and swathe the injured part 
with cloths saturated with Anodyne Liniment^ which will 
relieve the pain and drive away the soreness. 

Small dislocations can be easily reduced, by pulling 
the member firmly and at the same time working the 
joint back into its place with the other hand. Dress 
with the Anodyne Liniment and the pain and soreness 
will soon pass away. 



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DROWNING. 

Unless a person has been in the water some time 
and is without question entirely dead, never give up 
without using every means of recusitation, even if 
there is not the slightest life apparent 

As soon as the patient is taken from the water, the 
first move must be to free the throat and bronchial 
tubes from water, and reestablish breathing. Turn him 
on his face and with the finger slightly crooked, de- 
press and pull out the tongue, allowing free egress to 
the water, which will run out readily if the head be 
depressed. This is a much more effective and hum- 
ane process than suspending the patient by his heels, 
or rolling him over a barrel. 

Cleanse the mouth and nostrils thoroughly. Strip 
the patient of his wet clothes and envelope him in 
warm blankets. Endeavor to reestablish warmth 
and circulation by charing the extremities, and rub- 
bing the whole surface of the body briskly. 

If the breathing has entirely ceased, it must be re- 
established by artificial means. One method is to 
breathe into the mouth of the patient until the lungs 
are inflated, then expel the air by pressure on the 
sides of the chest. This should be done about fifteen 
times a minute. 

Another plan and one that is considered very effective 
is as follows: Place the patient on his back on a 
firm hard surface, the body slightly inclined from the 
upper portion downward, with the head and shoulders 
supported by a small pillow or folded coat, and see 
that the tongue is kept drawn forward and the throat 
open. Stand at the patient's head, reach forward 
and grasp both his arms at the elbows and draw them 
directly upward, until they meet above his head. 
Hold them a second or two and then return to his 
sides, pressing them firmly against the sides of the 
chest. If an assistant compress the lower part of 
the ribs and the diaphragm at the same time the 
arms are pressed against the sides, the operation will 
be facilitated. 






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Never allow the patient to inhale ammonia or 
other restoratives until breathing is firmly established, 
when small doses of stimulants can be given to pro- 
mote recovery. 

Always persevere in efforts to recusitate a drowned 
person for at least an hour, for many apparently 
hopeless cases can be saved by patience and hard 
work. 



ACCIDENTS to the EYE. 

The most frequent of these is the introduction of 
foreign substances or particles. If under one of the 
lids, fold it back, asking the patient to look downward 
if the upper lid and upward if the lower, when the 
offending object can be easily seen and removed with 
a small soft brush or the point of a lead pencil. 

When sharp objects, as bits of steel, become im- 
bedded in the ball of the eye, a surgeon should be call- 
ed, as the inexperienced should never risk using the 
knife or other sharp pointed instrument. 

Blowing the nose sharply will sometimes remove 
intruding eyelashes or other irritants. Always avoid 
rubbing the eyes when irritated, as it only adds to the 
difficulty. 

Should the eyes become inflamed, either from the 
irritation of foreign matter or other causes, there is 
no better remedy than the C. D. Cos. prescription 
No. 37 which allays the inflammation and has a gener- 
ally soothing and healing effect. 

Black or contused eyes, resulting from sudden 
blows, can be relieved by applying hot cloths to the 
part, while the soreness and pain will be dissipated 
by rubbing on the Anodyne Linimerit, taking care not 
to get it into the eye itself. 



EARACHE. 

If caused by any foreign substance having become 



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lodged in the ear, its removal will always relieve the 
pain. This should be accomplished with small for- 
ceps or the introduction of tepid water with a syringe. 
If the earache arises from inflammation caused b 
cold, as is usually the case, heat a brick or stone, 
wrap it in a wet cloth and thoroughly steam and 
sweat the part. Then saturate a bit of Absorbent 
Cotton in slightly diluted Anodyne Liniment, place it 
tightly in the orifice and the trouble will soon cease. 



FAINTING. 

The first and vitally important move in cases of 
fainting, is to place the patient flat on her back with- 
out any pillow or support for the head. Quickly 
unfasten the clothing about her throat and also loosen 
the corsets or other tight garments. 

Then bathe the brow and temples liberally with 
Aromatic Ammonia allowing her to inhale it plenti- 
fully, and sprinkle her face with cold water. 

Should she be weak on reviving, administer small 
doses of brandy or whiskey. 



FREEZING. 

It is very essential in cases of either severe freezing 
and utter prostration from exposure to the cold, or 
simple frost bites, that the patient be kept from sud- 
den contact with the fire or warmth. It not only 
aggravates suffering, but is occasionally positively 
dangerous. 

Rub the affected parts with snow or immerse them 
in cold water until circulation is reestablished. Should 
the hands or feet become sore, treat them as directed 
for chilblains. 

In case a person is prostrated from exposure, rub 
with snow until circulation is established and revive 
as directed for collapse from other accidents or injuries. 






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GRIPING. 

The intense grinding pains through the stomach 
^and bowels, are almost invariably caused by errors of 
diet and usually precede or accompany colic and 
diarrhoea. 

Give the patient frequent doses of the C. D. Co s 
Cholera Cure and apply cloths saturated with a mix- 
ture of very hot water and Anodyne Liniment, over the 
affected part. These cloths should be kept as hot as 
can be borne and removed frequently until the pain 
ceases. 



GUN SHOT WOUNDS. 

These injuries always call for the prompt attend- 
ance ofa skillful surgeon and one should be summon- 
ed immediately. 

Pending his arrival, should the patient suffer from 
faintness or collapse, he should be revived and sus- 
tained as directed for other accidents. 



PROSTRATION from HEAT-SUNSTROKE, 

If the person is only slightly prostrated, suffering 
from giddiness, weakness, etc., cold applications to 
the head combined with liberal bathing of the temples 
with Aromatic Ammonia will usually relieve him. It 
is always best that he be kept quiet, in a cool and 
darkened room, for at least several hours after the 
unpleasant sensations have passed off, in order to in- 
sure against recurrence of the difficulty. 

If the symptoms are those of severe sunstroke, ac- 
companied by delirium and raving, a physician should 
be summoned immediately. Until his arrival, efforts 
should be made to effect relief as above. 



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HYDROPHOBIA. 

Fortunately, this horrible disease is very rare, as it 
is one that is almost beyond the physician's power to 
subdue. The treatment by inoculation, discovered by 
M. Pasteur, the famous French scientist, is the only 
one that is known to be successful. Cauterizing the 
wound will often destroy the deadly effect of the poi- 
son, and should always be done by a physician. It 
is always safest to cauterize the bites of all dogs, 
whether suspected of rabies or not. 



LOCK-JAW. 

This distressing malady usually arises from slight 
wounds that have not been properly treated and is 
characterized by the jaws of the patient setting, or 
locking together so tightly that it is almost impossible 
to open them. It is sometimes accompanied by more 
or less violent spasms, and very often results in 
death. 

At the first symptoms of rigidity in the muscles of 
the jaw or neck, a physician should be summoned, as 
none but an experienced expert can successfully treat 
tetanus. 



BLEEDING from the NOSE. 

Except when very profuse and long continued, hem- 
orrhage from the nose is of little importance, and 
often in persons of a very full habit and apoplectic 
tendencies, it may have a positively beneficial effect. 

It can almost invariably be arrested, when desired, 
by snuffing cold water up the nostrils, applying cold 
cloths or ice to the back of the head or neck, or hold- 
ing the arms high above the head. 



POISONING from IVY or other NOXIOUS 
PLANTS. 

The parts should at first be covered with common 
baking soda made into a thick paste with water and 
after this is removed, kept thoroughly anointed with 
the C. D. Cos Rose Cream, which will rapidly 
allay the irritation and the pain. Should the case be 
severe and rather obstinate, the C. D. Cos Sarsapa- 
rilla Resolvent should be given regularly as directed 
on the label. The Sarsaparilla will act quickly in 
eliminating the poison from the system. 

This treatment, if persevered in, will overcome the 
worst cases of poisoning, either from ivy, poison oak 
or poison sumach, without the aid of a physician. 



SPRAINS and STRAINS. 

Few accidents are more often brought to the atten- 
tion of the housewife, than these, and it is very rare- 
ly that she will require professional aid in quickly and 
completely curing them, if she is supplied with that 
invaluable resource, a bottle of C. D. Co.'s Anodyne 
Liniment. 

If the sprain be of the ankle, knee, elbow, or wrist, 
immediately remove the clothing from about the part, 
and apply the Anodyne Liniment with the palm of the 
hand, rubbing the joint rapidly and firmly on all sides 
and using- an upivard motion. As the liniment be- 
comes absorbed, keep adding more and continue the 
application and brisk rubbing for at least half an hour. 
Then swathe the parts in cloths saturated with 
the liniment and keep the patient perfectly quiet, not 
allowing him to use the injured member in any 
manner. 

Repeat the rubbing process several times daily 
alway using the Anodyne Li7iiment. At first it 
may cause the patient some added pain but persevere 



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notwithstanding his protests and you will be rewards 
ed by a complete and early recovery. 

Strains of the back, such as those caused by undue 
lifting, falls, etc., are matters of serious importance 
and should be promptly attended to. If the pain be 
very sharp, use Anodyne Liniment with rubbing as direct- 
ed above. After which apply one of the C. D. Co's. 
Penetrating Porous Plasters, which are designed espec- 
ially for this purpose. You will find that their bene- 
ficent action will quickly reach the sore spot and 
draw to the surface the humors which would, if un- 
disturbed, cause extended if not permanent weakness, 
and discomfort. 



SNAKE BITES. 

The most common of the venemous reptilia in the 
United States, and at the same time one of the most 
deadly is the rattle-snake. Fortunately this 
snake is easily identified and there can be no question 
as to the poisonous character of the bite, therefore 
active measures for relief will not be delayed. 

When a person is bitten by a poisonous snake on 
one of the extremities, the first care should be to pre- 
vent the circulation of the virus through the system. 
This can be effected by binding the limb tightly be- 
tween the bite and the heart, precisely as for a 
ruptured artery. 

The poison should be extracted from the wound, if 
possible, either by sucking it with the mouth (care 
should be taken that there are no breaks or abrasions 
in the skin of the mouth,) or it has been recommend- 
ed by some writers, that a chicken or small animal be 
quickly killed and a portion of its body ap-» 
plied to the bite while the flesh is still warm and pal- 
pitating. Ammonia has also been applied to the 
wound with satisfactory results. 

In the mean time, the patient should be given fre- 
quent and large doses of spirits, either whiskey^ 



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brandy or ram until he became thoroughly intoxicated. 
This treatment has been employed many times with 
uniformly satisfactory effect and is probably the only 
one that can be relied upon. 



STINGS of POISONOUS INSECTS. 

The stings of bees, wasps, and hornets as well as 
those of gnats and mosquitos, can be relieved by bath- 
ing the part frequently in Aromatic Ammonia or strong 
salt and water. 



POISONS AND THEIR ANTIDOTES. 

In cases of poisoning, always remember that there 
must not be an instant's delay, if one would save the 
life of the patient. Once let the poison get into the 
system and no antidote will be effective. It must be 
removed or its effect counteracted almost the moment 
it is swallowed. It is also advisable to send for a 
physician immediately, even if the proper antidote 
has been applied and afforded some relief. 

In the following instructions, the author has con- 
fined himself to those varieties of poison which are 
most liable to be accidently, taken in the household, 
and has also prescribed only those antidotes which 
can always be had in every home, believing that 
these omissions will not detract from the practical 
value, but add to the clearness of his treatment of the 
subject. 

Emetics. 

Vomiting is the only remedy for the majority of 
poisons and to save unnecessary repetition and confus- 
ion, we will outline the easiest and most effective 
methods of causing the stomach to evacuate its con- 
tents, before considering the different poisons separ- 
ately. The first and best is to mix a teaspoonful of 
the C. D. Cos. Medicinal Mustard 'in a gla^ssofwarm 
water, which the patient should drink quickly. If 
the stomach does not instantly respond cause him to 
drink two or three glasses of tepid (not hot) water in 
rapid succession, then tickle the throat with the fing- 
er or a feather. An adult's dose of the C. D. Cos. 
Jpecana is a good emetic free from irritating features. 
Either of these is almost certain to produce vomiting, 
but if not quick enough use them all. Of course a 
physician's stomach pump is best of all. 



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Arsenic. 

This is a common poison, being often found in col- 
oring matter, paints, Paris green, etc. Cause vomit- 
ing at once and then give plenty of warm milk, sweet 
oil or the white of eggs. 

Acids. 

Give freely ol strong soap and water, w r ood ashes 
mixed with milk, or lime water, to counteract the 
acid. 

Ammonia. 

This is a powerful alkali and should be neutralized 
by giving the patient an acid as a counteractant. 
Vinegar or lemon juice in teaspoonful doses until re- 
lieved, will answer. 

Corrosive Sublimate. 

This deadly drug enters largely into many rat and 
insect poisons and may therefore come within the 
housewife's experience. Mix the whites of a dozen 
eggs in a pint of water and give to the patient until 
the stomach will hold no more. Flour mixed with 
water is also a good remedy but the stomach pump is 
better. 

Opium, Laudanum, Morphine. 

When suffering from an overdose of opium or any 
of its preparations, the patient is determined to sleep 
and evinces great reluctance to get up and move 
about. The mustard emetic should be given immed- 
iately and repeated until the stomach responds. 
Follow this with large doses of the strongest coffee 
that can be prepared and repeat frequently. Keep 
the patient constantly in motion without rest until 
the effects of the drug have worn off. 



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Phosphorus. Matches. 

If a child has eaten the heads from matches and 
shows evidences of poisoning, vomiting should at once 
be excited, which follow with doses of flax-seed tea or 
any mucilaginous drink. Carefully avoid all fats or 
oils. 

Strychnine. 

This is one of the deadliest poisons known and even 
prompt action will not always save the patient's life. 

Give freely of any fat, as lard or sweet oil and ex- 
cite the stomach to reject it by tickling the throat. 
Repeat frequently and have a physician instantly. 

Salt Petre, Lye, Potash. 

Give large doses of sweet oil, castor oil or lard, to 
counteract the alkaline properties of the poison. 
Follow with mucilaginous drinks. Do not irritate 
the stomach with mustard emetics. 

Turpentine. 

Prompt vomiting, followed with whites of eggs, 
milk, or flour and water. 



COMMOM DISEASES AND THEIR 
TREATMENT. 

We cannot impress upon the minds of our readers to o 
strongly, the important fact that a great many, if not all 
of the commoner diseases to which humanity is heir, 
can be prevented by correct living and sanitation, or 
can, if taken in their earliest stages, be dissipated or 
broken up by prompt treatment. 

As regards the sanitary arrangements and cleanli- 
ness of the household and its surroundings, modern 
science has demonstrated that a very large propor- 
tion of ailments are communicated to the human sys- 
tem through germs or bacilli, which are either constan- 
tly floating through the atmosphere and are absorb- 
ed through the lungs, or, as with the typhoid and in- 
fectious microbes of similar character, they reach their 
victims through the medium of water and food. 

Defective sewers, cess pools, etc., are great swarm- 
ing places of these insidious and deadly enemies of 
health and if the well-being of your family is of value 
to you, see that these are properly located and con- 
structed and above all, keep them thoroughly clean 
and disinfected. 

No matter how perfect the arrangement of these 
receptacles for refuse matter, the germs of disease are 



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bound to breed and multiply in them, unless the war- 
fare against this enemy be constant and unflinching. 

It has been fully proven that only with the most 
powerful products of chemistry, can they be destroyed, 
and no household in the land should be without 
a constant supply of strong disinfectants with which to 
keep down these multitudious foes of health. 

One should as complacently allow the larder to 
remain empty as to be without a well filled bottle of 
disinfecting liquid. 

The most efficacious of these, to the author's knowl- 
edge, is the C. D. Cos Germ Killer and it is supplied at 
a price which places it within the reach of everyone. 
A constant and liberal use of this invaluable prepara- 
tion, will prevent sickness that would cost the family 
a thousand times the expense of prevention in money 
expended in doctor's bills, to say nothing of the suffer- 
ing and anguish of disease and death. 

A final word as to prompt action and we will pass 
on to a detailed consideration of the different diseases. 

There are few, if any, serious ailments which do not 
begin with what seems merely slight indisposition of 
the patient. Never should these apparently unimpor- 
tant complaints be passed over without attention from 
the wife or mother. This is the time to act and act 
quickly, if you would ward off serious consequences. 

A slight cold quickly develops into pneumonia, or 
even consumption, if not checked. 

Simple diarrhoea is possibly only the forerunner of 
inflammation of the bowels, or in these days of ap- 
prehension, the deadly Asiatic cholera itself. 

The unimportant attack of biliousness may mean 
jaundice, or a life of constant misery through the dis- 
eased liver, if not warded off. 



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That dull headache and feeling of lassitude is not 
unlikely to prove the warning of the coming of a 
wasting fever, which will smother life in its insidious 
folds. 

All these can be combated with success before their 
grasp is firm on their victim, but after their hold is 
fixed, all the skill of science may not avail. 

So we say to the woman with whom this respon- 
sibility rests, be alert and quick to act. At the first 
symptom of indisposition in your family, use every 
effort to determine the disease, then administer the 
treatment necessary to destroy it. 

Indifference or carelessness may mean life-long 
sorrow. 



ASTHMA. 

Causes. 

Irritation of the nerves of the organs of respiration, 
resulting usually from deranged digestion or an im- 
pure condition of the blood. 

This disease is very liable to recurrence in persons 
who have once suffered from its attacks and it is 
generally acknowledged to be transmitted by inheri- 
tance. 

Symptoms. 

Paroxysms or spasms of difficult breathing, attended 
with a wheezing sound and a great sense of pressure 
or constriction across the chest. 

The attacks are most common during the night, al- 
though they are liable to occur at any time and are 
always aggravated by improprieties of eating. 



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Some patients may suffer from a nearly continuous 
dificulty in respiration, while others appear and 
feel entirely well, except during the periodical spasms. 

Remedies. 

A change of locality is of unquestioned benefit in 
nearly all cases, but no definite rules for this can be 
laid down, as the climate which would greatly in- 
crease the disease in one patient, will eradicate it in 
another. 

The available remedy which affords the most pro- 
nounced relief, is the use of the C. D. Co s Asthma 
Pastilles combined with the C D. Cos Sarsaparilla 
Resolvent. 

The pastilles or wafers when burned and the 
patient allowed to inhale the fumes, will afford im- 
mediate relief in the severest paroxysms, while if 
burned in the bedroom regularly every night as a pre- 
cautionary measure, they will ward off attacks of the 
disease and insure healthy undisturbed slumber. No 
sufferer from this distressing malady should be with- 
out this certain means of relief. 

The Sarsaparilla Resolvent strikes at the very seat 
and cause of the ailment, purifying the blood and 
invigorating the organs of digestion, thus eliminating 
the disease entirely from the system. 

Asthmatic subjects should take it regularly, per- 
severing even though the beneficial results of the first 
few doses are not apparent, remembering that a 
disease so deep seated and obstinate as this, will not 
yield without prolonged and steady treatment. 

The reward of such perserverance is sure to come. 

Accessory Treatment. 

Persons subject to asthma should carefully avoid 



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eating hearty suppers, and in fact commit no in- 
discretion of diet. Over-exertion, as running, etc., 
should also be shunned. 

Smoking tobacco, either in a pipe or cigars, is of 
unquestioned value as apreventive, habitual smokers 
being less liable to attack. 



AGUE-(ChiSIs and Fever.) 

There are very few sections of the country in which 
this disease has not been epidemic at some period, 
but almost invariably it has been found to prevail 
most largely in newly settled localities. It seems to 
gradually disappear as civilization progresses and in 
the older states is to be found only occasionally, and 
that invariably in low, marshy surroundings. 

Its direct malarial origin is admitted by all authori- 
ties. 

Symptoms. 

Alternate, periodic attacks of burning fever, inter- 
mitted with chills and great depression of both the 
physical and mental system. 

Its character is so marked and distinctive, that 
there need be no question of the real identity of the 
disease, as soon as its first symptoms are developed. 

Remedies. 

Like all malarious diseases, this is a most obstinate 
complaint to overcome and will only yield to special 
and thorough treatment. 

The most successful remedies seem to be those 
devised by old practitioners who have had long ex- 
perience in treating this malady in all its phases and 



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forms. One of the best, in fact the most reliable of 
these old standard prescriptions, has been secured by 
the Consumers Drug Co. , and is prepared by them in 
a most palatable and convenient form. 

It is a veritable specific for this harrassing ailment 
and those residing in malarious districts and subject 
to intermittent fever, should never be without a supply 
of the C. D. Cos Ague Cure. Each bottle is accom- 
panied with full and complete instructions for acces- 
sory treatment, etc. 



BILIOUSNESS. 

That thoroughly disordered condition of the liver 
and digestive apparatus, whose milder forms are gen- 
erally known under the comprehensive term of bilious- 
ness or bilious attacks, are among the most common 
complaints which call for household treatment. Not 
only does the real suffering with which they are ac- 
companied call for early relief, but they indicate dis- 
turbances, which if neglected and allowed to become 
firmly seated, are liable to develop into serious and 
often dangerous illness. 

Causes. 

As these attacks come from irregularity in the ac- 
tion of the liver and organs of digestion, they necess- 
arily have their origin either in constitutional weak- 
ness of these important portions of the human mach- 
inery, or are brought on by indiscretions in diet. 

Many persons are subject to periodic visitations of 
this complaint, often at almost regular intervals and 
such must not only exercise great care in the regulat- 



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ion of their eating, bat should also take such measures 
of precaution as will tend to avert the attack. 

Symptoms. 

As in all diseases which are of so comprehensive a 
nature, the symptoms are distinct and vary greatly in 
different cases. Constipation is an almost certain 
accompaniment and until relieved, the trouble cannot 
be abated. Many patients are affected with nausea 
and vomiting and another prominent symptom is a 
sallowness of the complexion, with a pronounced 
yellow tinge to the whites of the eyes. 

But there is no more common or painful form of 
biliousness than the malady known as Sick Headache. 
Those who have either felt or witnessed the suffering 
of this distressing illness, need no directions to enable 
them to identify it. 

Remedies. 

Obviously the only remedy is to correct the func- 
tional derangement of the organs involved, invigorat- 
ing and toning them up to the standard required by 
nature to perform their allotted work. When these 
portions of the digestive apparatus are not strong 
enough to throw off the refuse matter constantly ac- 
cumulating in the system, it soon poisons the tissues 
and unless quickly removed, nature protests most 
forcibly. 

To stimulate and quicken this action, no product of 
medical study and chemist's art can equal the famous 
C. D. Cos Liver Pills. Their action is quick, mild 
and effectual and they form a sovereign specific for 
all the ills of the digestive system. In acute cases, a 
dose of three or four will afford rapid and certain re- 
lief, while persons of bilious temperament can effectu- 



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ally ward off the complaint by occasionally taking 
one of the little pellets before retiring. The most 
obstinate and confirmed cases are compelled to yield 
to their gentle but inflexible control. 

Ladies whose complexion is sallow or muddy will 
also find them of infinite benefit. 

Accessory Treatments 

Persons subject to attacks of biliousness, should use 
great care in the selection of their food and avoid ex- 
cessive eating or drinking, as well as late suppers, 
etc. Coffee, when used too frequently, has been 
found to have an unfavorable influence on those of 
bilious temperament. 



BOILS. 

These annoying pests are so well known to every- 
one, that extended mention of their characteristics is 
unnecessary. 

Should it be thought advisable to disperse or 
"scatter" them, it can usually be done by frequent- 
ly rubbing the spot with the C. D. Cos Anodyne 
Liniment as soon as the first soreness is felt. It is 
better, however, to bring them rapidly to a head by 
means of poultices, which should be continued until 
suppuration has ceased and the inflammation is sub- 
siding. 

But the best treatment of all, is to remove the 
cause and renovate the impoverished and impure 
blood, which makes known its condition through 
these irruptions. No preparation excels or equals 
the C. D. Cos Sarsaparilla Resolvent as a blood puri- 



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fier, its action being to tone up the entire system and 
eliminate from it, by natural channels, those poison- 
ous elements, which would otherwise be forced to 
seek egress through boils, carbuncles, etc. 

These warnings of kindly nature should not pass un- 
heeded, or serious illness may ensue. They are given 
us for a purpose and those who value health will obey 
the signal, and immediately pursue a course of thor- 
ough alterative treatment. Remember, the C. D. 
Co s Sarsaparilla Resolvent is a reliable prescription 
which will promptly and efficiently perform its work, 
and it should never be confounded with the widely 
advertised nostrums, which are too often prepared 
from cheap and impotent materials, merely to reduce 
the cost of manufacture. 



BUNIONS. 

Enlargement of the tissues of the great toe, forming 
apparent deformity of the joint. 

As they are caused solely by improperly fitting 
boots or shoes, the only remedy is to correct this fault 
and wear loose and comfortable foot gear. The pain 
may be assuaged by wrapping the swollen joint in 
bandages saturated with Anodyne Liniment, or apply- 
ing soft relaxing poultices. 



BACK ACHE. 

This may arise from any of several causes and in 
any case, it should never be neglected. 



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As the result of a sprain, its acuteness should pass 
off in a short time if remedies are applied, and if 
caused by a slight touch of rheumatism, the same 
curative agent, viz : — the C. D. Co s Penetrating 
Porous Plasters, will afford relief more quickly than 
any other means, to the author's knowledge. 

But the pain and sense of weakness through the 
small of the back, may be a premonitory symptom of 
a serious affection of the kidneys and as a momentous 
danger signal, should receive careful attention. 

Should the Penetrating Plaster not have the de- 
sired effect in a brief period, other confirming indica- 
tions of kidney trouble should be looked for. 

The reader is referred to the chapters on Bright's 
disease, diabetes, etc., which give in detail the con- 
ditions which indicate a diseased condition of these 
vital organs. 

Should even a very few of them be visible, not a 
moment's time should be lost, in inaugurating a most 
vigorous treatment, if one would rout that demon 
Bright's disease. 



BRIGHT'S DISEASE of the KIDNEYS. 

The ravages of this terrible malady seem to have 
been on the constant increase during recent years, un- 
til it may fairly be termed a veritable plague of the 
American people. Each year its victims are number- 
ed by thousands and with every recurring season, the 
proportion is greater. 

Its real origin is enveloped in doubt and the opin- 
ions of medical writers of the highest standing, on this 
matter, would fill many of these pages, if reproduced. 



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Moreover, it would be an array of conflicting theories 
and contradictions in the highest degree confusing. 
The cause of its development, however, seems to be 
traceable directly to exposure, intemperance, or as 
the sequel of some fever. 

Symptoms. 

The proofs of its malignant presence are, with one 
exception, nearly as many and varied as the opinions 
regarding its cause. Different patients have an entirely 
different set of symptoms, with the exception of that 
almost infallible testimony, the presence of albumen 
in the urine. This deposit is never absent in a case 
of Bright's disease. 

Dropsy and swelling of the extremities is a frequent 
accompaniment. The complexion is pale and puffy 
and there are often periodic attacks of nausea and 
vomiting. 

The urine is scanty, of a more or less dark or 
smoky color and the patient has an almost constant 
desire to void it. On standing, it deposits a large 
quantity of thick, dark sediment. 

Remedy. 

Whether it is possible to effect a complete cure of 
thoroughly developed Bright's disease, is a matter of 
decided question. But that it can be eradicated in 
its early stages, has been demonstrated, and with prop- 
er treatment, even firmly-established cases will so far 
yield, that the patient will not only live much longer, 
but his measure of life will be much happier. 

The Consumers Drug Co., compounds a system of 
treatment, the discovery of an eminent specialist, 
which has been used with the greatest success, both 



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in the cure of the disease in the incipient stages 
and the relief of more chronic cases. 

It is not claimed that the preparation is an abso- 
lute cure for every case of this obstinate complaint, 
for there are many in which complete cure is im- 
possible, but that it will entirely eradicate it in many 
instances and afford relief in all, has been proven. 

A card to their nearest representative, will bring 
you a comprehensive treatise on the disease, giving 
full particulars regarding the remedy and also acces- 
sory treatment and diet, matters of vital importance. 



CONSUMPTION. 

We do not believe a very extended description of 
the causes and indications of this dread disease is 
necessary. Who has not seen numberless examples 
of the insidiousness and the merciless grip with which 
it strangles its victims? That it is one of that class 
known as germ diseases is now concedad by all au- 
thorities. Everyone is to a certain extent subject to 
its contagion, but only those whose organs of respira- 
tion are inherently weak, or whose general system is 
debilitated, need succumb. The strong and vigorous 
are invulnerable to its assaults. The bacilli find no 
lodgement and are innocuous. But at the slightest 
laxity of this resistance, the germs at once insinuate 
themselves and then nothing will entirely remove 
them. 

Consumption is inherited, in that the constitution- 
al' weakness which renders easy the lodgement of the 
microbes, descends from one generation to another. 

Should this tendency once have shown itself in the 



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family line, only unfaltering vigilance will prevent its 
reappearance. 

Remedies. 

Slight colds are a very frequent cause of weakening 
the respiratory organs, to an extent that permits the 
entrance and consequent rapid progress of consump- 
tion. Never neglect a cough or cold however unim- 
portant it may seem. Always check it with the first 
symptom. For this nothing excels in effectiveness 
the C. D. Cos Cough Balsam. 

And this calls up a word of caution. 

Beware of the host of cough remedies which are 
advertised as cures for consumption. The C. D. Cos 
Cough Balsam, the best preparation for coughs and 
colds ever made, will no more cure consumption than 
a pound of sugar will sweeten the Atlantic Ocean. 
Therefore the so-called cough-consumption specifics 
are self evident frauds and should be shunned accord- 
ingly. 

A good cough mixture is of untold benefit in pre- 
venting a serious affection of the tissues which would 
doubtless lead to tuberculosis, but it would not have 
the slightest remedial effect after consumption is 
firmly established. 

The only remedies which have proven efficacious in 
checking the progress of the disease, are change of 
climate and cod liver oil. 

Unless too far advanced, consumptives can almost 
invariably secure relief by removing to a dry bracing 
climate, such as that of the Colorado mountains, or 
certain of the pine-wooded hill sections of the south. 

But the most available remedy for all classes of 
invalids is cod liver oil. The nutritive properties of 



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this product are most marked, and it is to this and 
the ease with which it is digested, by even the most 
feeble, that it owes its wonderful curative powers. 

Consumption is essentially a wasting disease. 
Counteract this waste and its progress ceases. Build 
up the tissues and increase the general vitality of the 
system and unless too firmly fixed, the disease will 
have to give ground and eventually be thrown off. 

The pure cod liver oil in its natural state is very 
unpalatable to everyone and nauseating to the sensi- 
tive stomach of the invalid. To remedy this a modi- 
fication of its form has been devised, often combining 
the oil with other curative and stimulating agents 
and these emulsions, as they are termed, have entire- 
ly superseded the natural oil as a remedial prepara- 
tion. There are several brands of these compounds 
of excellent quality, but none are better than the C. 
D. Cos Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. 

Its basis is the purest quality of refined Norwegian 
cod liver oil that can be obtained and the process 
which gives it the distinctive delicate flavor, so ac- 
ceptable to the weakest stomach, transforming a 
nauseous oil into a really pleasant article of food, is 
a purely mechanical one that does not in the least 
impair, but on the contrary adds to, its curative value. 

It should be used in preference to all others, as 
being both the best and the cheapest that can be 
had. 

When requested, the C. D. Co. or their nearest 
representative, will furnish, free of charge, a little 
pamphlet on consumption, which gives full instruct- 
ions as to accessory treatment, etc., therefore the 
author will not dwell further on the subject in this 
place. 



CHOLERA MORBUS. 

In its milder forms this complaint is very common, 
especially during the later summer and autumn 
months. 

Its exciting causes are various, although an attack 
is usually directly traceable to either exposure or er- 
rors in diet. 

While ordinarily yielding to simple treatment with- 
out difficulty, the possibilities of this very painful ail- 
ment should not be treated lightly. Fatal termina- 
tions of an attack of cholera morbus are very frequent 
and there are few diseases the extremely severe forms 
of which, cause death more quickly. 

Symptoms. 

Intense griping pains through the region of the 
bowels and stomach, accompanied by more or less 
diarrhoea and often nausea and vomiting. As the dis- 
ease progresses, the extremities become cold or 
cramped and covered with clammy perspiration. 

The pulse is at first quick and irregular, afterward 
sinking, as collapse comes on, until almost impercept- 
ible. Unless relief is afforded, death will very often 
follow. 

Remedies. 

The C. D. Cos Cholera Cure is an almost infallible 
remedy for this and its kindred complaints. Given 
frequently it will unaided subdue very severe attacks. 

When the patient is suffering intense pain, however, 
local applications should be added to the internal 
treatment. Apply either cloths saturated with equal 
parts of water and the C. D. Co's Anodyne Liniment, 



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very hot, or a mustard poultice directly over the seat 
of the pain. 

Some persons are very subject to attacks of this 
dangerous complaint and such should always avoid 
both over-eating, indigestible food or unripe fruit and 
exercise great care in regard to undue exposure. 



COUGHS and COLDS-BRONCHITIS. 

These are the almost constant care of the house- 
wife, especially during the winter season. But, arm- 
ed with a bottle of that peerless specific, the C. D. 
Cos. Cough Balsam, she need have no fear of them. 

While a repetition of what the writer has stated 
many times in other chapters, the caution cannot be 
too strongly emphasized. Never neglect what may 
seem but trivial illness. The apparently unimportant 
cold may without warning develop into pneumonia, 
or even consumption, if left to take its course. 

Catarrh in its chronic form will not be treated in 
this connection, nor will the more serious affections 
of the throat and lungs, all of which will be found 
under their proper heads. 

We are referring now to simple colds and their 
usual consequence, bronchitis. 

Remedies. 

The C D. Cos Cough Balsam should be given with 
the first symptom and it will invariably soothe an d 
heal the inflamed and irritated tissues of the throat 
or bronchial tubes. 

As accessory treatment, especially when the disease 



59 

is located in the nasal ducts, the patient should be 
put to bed and made to perspire freely. Lemonade 
made with hot water, mixed with a small amount of 
brandy, will prove effective. Soaking the feet in hot 
water and mustard is also good. 

If there is considerable pain across the chest and 
through the bronchial tubes, a poultice made of the C. 
D. Cos Medicinal Mustard will prove highly benefi- 
cial. 

After any of these and in fact at all times during 
the progress of even a slight cold, the patient should 
not be allowed to expose himself, either to draughts 
or in the outer air. 



CHAFING. 

This very annoying difficulty can usually be remed- 
ied by frequently bathing with a solution of soft water 
and common alum, applied three or four times a day. 
It should be used cold and the parts afterwards 
thoroughly dried with a soft towel. 

Powdered alum or fuller's earth, dusted on the 
parts will often heal the abrasions. 



CORNS. 

Only those who have suffered from them, (and this, 
we believe, includes the major portion of civilized 
humanity), can appreciate the amount of inconven- 
ience, not to say genuine anguish, which can be caused 
by one little innocent-appearing corn. 



eo 

Its cause is known to everyone, and until the im- 
properly fitting boot or shoe is superseded by one of 
correct size and shape, no remedy will be of the 
slightest effect in removing the pest. 

Then drop a card to the nearest representative of 
the C. D. Co. , for a package of Cornicide and the 
neat little treatise on the proper care of the feet, 
which accompanies it. The twenty-five cents which 
it will cost, will bring you in a thousand times that 
amount of peace and immunity from annoyance. 

What has cured thousands will relieve you. 



CHOLERA. 

The reappearance, in some parts of Europe during 
the season of 1892, of this grim destroyer, which has 
at different periods of the world's history devastated 
nearly every civilized land, leaving behind it a black- 
ened swath of dead and dying, has caused wide- 
spread interest and apprehension among all classes. 

It has been many years since the United States 
has suffered from a severe visitation of this terrible 
epidemic, but the firm hold which the plague seems 
to have secured on Continental Europe and the ob- 
stinacy with which it resists eradicating measures, 
indicates that it will be hardly possible for this coun- 
try to escape during the coming year. 

Consequently, it behooves everyone, no matter what 
his occupation or surroundings, to be thoroughly 
conversant with the characteristics of this most dead- 
ly of all known diseases. It is no respecter of per- 
sons and the farmer in the healthy uplands or the 



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millionaire in his palace, is as liable to its grisly em- 
brace, as the ragged beggar in the crowded, reeking 
slums of a great city. 

Its descent is so swift and awful, that unless armed 
at all points with the teachings and defenses of 
science, resistance is impossible. 

Causes. 

It has been demonstrated beyond any possibility of 
doubt, that cholera is a germ disease. Like all of 
this terrible class, it is highly infectious. 

The reason of its periodic appearance, alternating 
with years of almost absolute freedom from its sway, 
has so far baffled scientific observers. But that at 
times everything is swarming with these deadly ba- 
cilli, while again there are long periods in which they 
are totally absent, the history of the disease since its 
first recorded appearance in Madras in the Indian 
Empire in 1769, has proven conclusively. 

Our space will not permit even a brief history of 
the epidemic, nor an account of the investigations 
which have led up to the present accepted theory of 
the origin of the disease. Suffice to say, that the re- 
cent visitations in Hamburg and other European cities 
have proven its correctness. 

Preventive Measures. 

Inasmuch as the cholera germ, in common with all 
others of its disease spreading fellows, inhabits and 
multiplies in all receptacles for refuse and waste 
places, one of the most certain means of preventing 
the epidemic is perfect sanitation. Keep every pos- 
sible lurking and breeding place for the fatal microbes 
clean and free from decaying matter. Further, make 



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them absolutely untenable to the bacilli by the liberal 
and constant use of disinfectants. Use the C. D. Co s 
Germ Killer morning, noon and night and the foul 
brood must depart. This powerful combination of 
chemicals is certain death to the entire family of dis- 
ease germs and as a measure of safety, should never 
be absent from the household. 

Great care should be used in the selection of food 
and water, for experience shows that the poisonous 
atoms can only secure lodgement in the system through 
the stomach. They may be breathed with impunity, 
but once absorbed with the food or drink and they 
seek lodgement in the intestinal canal from which 
they quickly sap the life of their victim, unless de- 
stroyed. Therefore all water should be thoroughly 
boiled before drinking, and only plain nut- 
ritious food should be partaken of, avoiding unripe 
fruit and every substance which might tend to de- 
rangement of the digestive organs. 

Symptoms. 

Cholera begins almost invariably with simple diarr- 
hoea which if unchecked is rapidly followed by vomit- 
ing and all the severer phases of the disease. 

This purging is at first characterized by very wat- 
ery discharges, which later assume the peculiar char- 
acter known in true Asiatic cholera as "rice water." 
With these latter almost always come cramps, in which 
the patient writhes in terrible agony. The counten- 
ance assumes a leaden hue, seeming to shrink and 
the eyes have a stony, staring look. 

Then follows the last stage, that of collapse, when 
periods of wild delirium are intermitted with times 



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of complete exhaustion and partial or absolute insen- 
sibility. 

This is ordinarily of short duration and when the 
disease has been allowed to advance unchecked to 
this point, there is little to hope for but death. 



Remedies. 

Whether there is any remedial agent that is uni- 
formly effective in combating true or Asiatic cholera, 
when it has firmly closed its grip on a patient, is 
rather doubtful. 

But the disease can be checked and eradicated in 
its first stages, providing the right means are employed 
and no better or more effective agent is available than 
the C. D. Cos Cholera Cure. 

This prescription was originally the discovery of a 
prominent physician in New York, who used it with 
the greatest success during the epidemics of 1848 and 

1853. 

While it is a specific for all purposes requiring the 
use of an astringent, its power in battling with the 
cholera germs is peculiarly marked and we know its 
prompt use will save many otherwise fated patients. 

As the incipient stages of cholera are always usher- 
ed in by diarrhoea, it stands everyone in hand to watch 
the condition of the bowels closely and to check any 
undue laxity without delay. 

With an ample supply of Germ Killer and the C. D. 
Co s Cholera Cure available for instant use, the 
housewife can have a much lessened fear of the in- 
roads of the grim monster. 



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CHILBLAINS. 

This exceedingly irritating affection of the feet and 
hands is caused either by frostbites or too sudden 
warming of the members after exposure to intense 
cold. It is more frequent in young children, 
although many persons are subject to its regular 
recurrence every winter. 

Defective circulation predisposes to these attacks 
and a course of treatment tending to stimulate the 
general circulation will usually prevent them. A 
generous diet, plenty of active exercise and frequent 
rubbing of the extremities will be of material assist- 
ance. 

There are several remedies given to relieve the 
complaint when acute, each of which seems to be ef- 
ficacious in some cases and not in others. Some one 
of the list, however, should afford respite from the 
intolerable irritation in almost every instance. 

Should the swelling be unbroken, bathe the feet 
every night or morning in very cold water or even 
snow, rubbing them briskly until warmth is restored; 
or bathe in a strong solution of alum and water ap- 
plied hot; or apply camphor ice to the parts and pro- 
mote circulation by rubbing. 

Should the chilblains break and ulcerate, keep the 
sores thoroughly clean by bathing in a solution of 
warm water and the G D. Cos Antiseptine and 
dress with folds of linen saturated with the Antisep^ 
tine. 

Persons subject to chilblains should avoid undue 
exposure and always keep the extremities warmly 
clothed. 



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CHAPPED SKIN. 

This roughness and soreness of the cuticle of the 
face or hands and especially the lips is almost uni- 
versal during the winter season, especially among 
women and children. 

As is generally known it arises from exposure, par- 
ticularly when the skin has not been thoroughly dried 
after bathing or other contact with water. 

A most pleasant, safe and certain remedy is the C. 
D- Cos Rose Cream. It is a preparation of high 
medicinal character and at the same time a dainty 
accessory of the toilet. Applied as directed, it will 
rapidly heal the severest cases, while its regular 
use during the colder months will act as a preventive, 
keeping the skin soft and fair. 

It is of the greatest value as an emollient lotion 
for the complexion and should be used in preference 
to any other article for this purpoee. While effect- 
ive it is perfectly harmless and this is more than can 
be said for most of the preparations for that purpose 
now on the market. 



CHICKEN-POX. 

An eruptive disease peculiar to childhood alone, 
and communicated by contagion almost exclusively. 

Children who have had this complaint are totally 
exempt from further attack. 

While during its progress, the patient suffers an 
intense and disagreeable itching of the eruptions 
there is very little, if any, possibility of serious or 



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fatal results. Scratching and abrading the eruptions 
should be prevented, so far as can be done, and un- 
due exposure guarded against. 

Unless other diseases set in to complicate the case, 
the course of chicken-pox is brief and in a few days 
after the eruptions appear, the child will have com- 
pletely recovered. 



CANKER SORE MOUTH. 

This complaint, which is very common in children, 
is characterized by the membrane of the mouth and 
tongue becoming red and inflamed and breaking out 
in small white ulcers; often the tongue becomes 
swollen and swallowing difficult. It is exceedingly 
painful and irritating, particularly to young children. 

Remedies. 

First and foremost, it indicates an impure con- 
dition of the blood and complete cure can be affected 
only by striking at the root of the evil and correcting 
the constitutional impairment. 

Give the C. D. Cos Sarsaparilla Resolvent regular- 
ly and the system will soon throw off the foul matter 
which indicates its presence in these ulcers. Not 
only in this, but the whole general health of the 
patient will rapidly increase in vigor. 

As a gargle or wash for the mouth, a strong decoc- 
tion of the common herb known as golden seal is 
highly recommended. Also strong sage tea has 
proven efficacious with children. 

Adults, will find that touching the ulcers frequently 



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with common black pepper will cause them to disap- 
pear rapidly. 



CONSTIPATION. 

This, as a rule should be considered as a symptom 
of disease, rather than a distinctive complaint. 

Nothing is more injurious than a condition in which 
the refuse matter, which should daily be thrown off 
by the system, is allowed to remain and poison the 
entire physical economy. Let the natural outlets for 
waste matter became clogged, and serious ailments 
result. 

As we have stated, constipation is an indication 
only, and nine times out of ten it is an infallible symp- 
tom of bilious disturbance and, as such, it is easily 
remedied. 

Stir the liver and digestive organs up to their work, 
invigorate and stimulate the secretions which are 
vitally necessary to the smooth running of the human 
machinery, and the whole system will respond 
instantly, rebounding from the depression caused by 
the temporary stoppage. 

It may be taken as a safe rule, that when the 
bowels are moving regularly and smoothly, the general 
condition of health is all that can be desired. If 
they are not doing this, if they work too rapidly or 
not at all, measures should immediately be taken to 
reestablish the proper tone. 

So called chronic constipation is merely the indica- 
tion of a constant torpidity of the liver and other or- 
gans of digestion, and as such is as readily corrected 
as a temporary or acute case, saving that it may take 
more time and perseverance. 



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Remedy. 

When constipation arises from biliousness (and it 
seldom comes from other causes) the intelligent use 
of the C. D. Co s Liver Pills is a positive and certain 
cure. 

They possess none of the disagreeable features of big 
unwieldy pills, and their action, while firm, is gentle 
and unaccompanied by the griping and purging horrors 
of the old style cathartic. 

A dose of three or four, either before or after a 
meal, or on retiring, will rout the most acute indi- 
gestion or bilious attack, while if taken regularly, one 
each night, the most obstinate cases of chronic con- 
stipation will surely and quickly yield to their mild 
but inflexible correction. But a few days of this 
steady treatment will be necessary before the bowels 
will move freely and regularly without medicine. 

Only those who have suffered the horrors of chronic 
biliousness, can appreciate the blessings of a perfect- 
ly regulated system. With the aid of these invalua- 
ble little pellets, there is no one who cannot have a 
perfectly balanced digestion. Never allow them to 
be absent from the family medical supplies. 



CATARRH. 

Aside from the fact that r this affection of the 
mucous membranes of the throat or nasal passages 
may extend to the bronchial tubes and lungs, and thus 
create an opening for the germs of consumption, in 
those who are predisposed to that malady, simple 
catarrh is never attended with fatal results. 

Acute catarrh is practically synonymous with a 






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large proportion of common colds and its symptoms 
are too well known to need description. Everyone 
has had a "cold in the head" and can recognize it 
without instruction. 

However it is this very cold in the head which, if 
neglected, develcfpes into chronic catarrh, one of the 
most wide-spread, unpleasant, and in every way ir- 
ritating diseases known, and one of, if not the most 
difficult to dislodge. 



Symptoms. 

The intense soreness of the nasal ducts, headache 
and generally "stuffed up," miserable sensation of 
acute catarrh, will, if not promptly remedied, run in- 
to the, at first less marked but eventually worse, 
characteristics of the chronic stage. 

There seems to be none of the less dangerous ail- 
ments which inflicts upon its victims so numerous 
and varied an assortment of unpleasant, not to say 
painful, features as this. The constant discharges of 
foul mucus which invariably accompany it, would be 
alone sufficient to depress the most sanguine and 
when, as is nearly always the case, the patient is al- 
so subject to almost constant headache, mal-odorous 
breath, bad taste in the mouth, loss of appetite, and 
the thousand and one other ills, there is little wonder 
that it is prominently classed among the wasting dis- 
eases. 

In its severer forms the patient loses flesh rapidly, 
and unless the progress of the malady is checked, it 
is, as we have stated, very liable to superinduce con- 
sumption. 



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Remedies. 

It is often stated that chronic catarrh is incurable, 
but this is a mistake. That it yields with reluctance 
to ordiary treatment we admit, but the proper com- 
bination of curative agents will eradicate it com- 
pletely. 

In all the long list of most excellent prescriptions 
that the enterprise of the Consumers Drug Co. has 
gathered from various sources and which are offered 
to their friends and patrons, none is more wonderful- 
ly efficacious than their Catarrh Cure. The happy 
discovery of a great specialist, who was finally induced 
after much effort to give up his secret, for the benefit 
of the people at large, it has afforded first relief and 
then complete cure in numberless cases. 

While this has a soothing and healing action di- 
rectly on the diseased membranes, the fact that a 
long standing case of catarrh causes a terrible drain 
on the entire vital force of the patient, should not be 
lost sight of. It is self-evident that it is difficult, if 
not impossible, for the affected tissues to heal unless 
supported in their efforts to throw off the disease, by 
a vigorous general vitality. It therefore follows 
logically, that the system must be strengthened before 
the eradication of the disease can be expected. 

In almost all cases, there is no better means of 
doing this than a generous diet, together with a course 
of the C. D. Cos unexcelled Sarsaparilla Resolvent. 
The Sarsaparilla not only purifies the blood, which 
is certain to have become tainted with the poison of 
catarrh, but it exercises a strong tonic effect on the 
entire system, especially the stomach and organs of 
digestion. 



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In a few instances, where the trouble is exception- 
ally severe and of very long standing, the whole body 
becomes impregnated with the disease, and there is 
in consequence, great emaciation with all the forces at 
a very low ebb. In this stage, the stomach is usual- 
ly in a very serious condition and either refuses food 
altogether, or does not perfectly digest ordinary diet. 
In these cases the patient should be given the C. D. 
Cos Emulsion of (Jod Liver Oil, alternately with the 
Sarsaparilla Resolvent, the Emulsion acting as the 
most effective and highly concentrated tissue-building 
food that can be had, and at the same time the Sar- 
saparilla tones up and stimulates the organs, as well 
as drives the impurities from the circulation. 

But unless the case be unusually revere, the 
Catarrh Cure and the Sarsaparilla will be sufficient. 
The Catarrh Cure should always be at hand as noth- 
ing has so quick an effect in disposing of ordinary 
cold in the head. 

Acute catarrh can be cured in a few hours that if 
allowed to become chronic may take weeks of steady 
treatment to subdue. A word of warning that the 
wise will heed. 



CROUP. 

There are probably few mothers who have been so 
fortunate as to rear their children to the age of ten 
years, without more or less experience with this very 
dangerous disease. And there are thousands of 
homes that have been forever saddened by the invasions 
of this dreadful malady. With a few possible excep- 



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tions, there is little doubt that croup carries off more 
young children every year, than any other one 
disease, to which infancy is subject. 

Its attack is so sudden and unexpected and unless 
relieved, death comes so quickly, that it behooves all 
mothers to be not only constantly on the alert, but 
fully armed against it. 

Symptoms. 

There seem to be few premonitory symptoms of 
croup that can be relied upon to give warning of its 
coming. A child may appear in every way thorough- 
ly well on retiring and in two hours awaken suffering 
from a severe attack. 

The almost unfailing characteristic, the harsh, 
dry, clanging cough, which when once heard is never 
forgotten, is however a symptom which can be de- 
pended upon and a note of warning which should 
awaken the mother to instant action. 

The patient may cough several times before awak- 
ening, but in a very brief period the child will start 
up gasping and struggling for breath. This sense of 
suffocation accompanied by hissing, wheezing respira- 
tion, together with great distress, a very hot skin and 
rapid pulse are invariable symytoms. 

Remedies. 

When possible, a skilled physician should be sent 
for at once, for while the attack can usually be con- 
trolled by the prompt action of the mother, yet this 
cannot always be depended upon and in very obsti- 
nate cases the services of a surgeon may be required. 
But the efforts of the mother should not be relaxed 



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or neglected for a instant, even if the doctor be within 
easy reach, for children have frequently died within 
a very few moments after the first symptoms became 
evident. 

The patient must be removed to a warm room and 
wrapped up so that there is not the slightest chance 
of draught or exposure. A plentiful supply of hot 
water must be had immediately and arrangements be 
perfected for administering a hot bath if necessary. 
First, however, the patient should be given a dose of 
the C. D. Co s Ipecana. This admirable compound 
which contains, with other very beneficial agents, a 
large proportion of the wine of ipecacuanha, acts as 
a gentle emetic and should induce vomiting in a short 
time. If the first dose is not effective, repeat at in- 
tervals of about fifteen minutes. 

While vomiting is one of the quickest and most 
certain means of relief, all harsh emetics should he 
strictly avoided. The Ipecana is a remedy that can- 
not be surpassed because of its mild, though positive 
action and also from the reason of its exerting a 
strong relaxing and sweating influence, both effects 
being highly beneficial. Moreover, it is absolutely 
harmless to the weakest infants when given as direct- 
ed. All "hive syrups" and ordinary compounds 
of ipecac should be shunned because of the crudity of 
their mixture and the proportion of antimony which 
most of them contain. Ipecana is a very delicate 
compound of efficacious agents highly refined and 
adapted to the fragile systems of very young children. 

It is not always necessary that vomiting be produc- 
ed, as the relaxing effects of the Ipeca?ia will fre- 
quently induce soft easy breathing and consequently 
relief, without the stomach having responded. 



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As accessory measures, the child may be allowed 
to inhale the steam from hot water, be immersed in a 
hot bath, or the throat wrapped in cloths wrung as 
dry as possible from very hot water and constantly 
renewed. 

This treatment will prove successful in nine cases 
out of ten and should it not do so, the physician will 
have to adopt measures, which can be used with safe- 
ty only in professional hands. 

Mothers should always remember, that after an 
attack of croup, the child is very liable to its recur- 
rence at every slight cold, therefore great care should 
be exercised both in permitting exposure in bad 
weather and seeing that the child is warmly clad. 
This caution will prove well rewarded. 



DIPHTHERIA. 

In its malignant form this disease has inspired such 
general dread that extended mention of its deadly 
character seems unnecessary. Fortunately, however,, 
the simple cases which are comparatively easy of 
treatment far outnumber those of the more contag- 
ious and fatal form, save in instances where it is epi- 
demic. 

It would be as criminal for the author to advise 
household treatment of this very serious ailment, as it 
would be useless in the reader to attempt to combat 
it, unaided by an expert physician; therefore he will 
confine himself simply to pointing out its symptoms, 
and causes and suggesting preventive measures. 



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Symptoms, 

The characteristics of diphtheria most easily dis- 
cerned by unprofessional eyes are first, general feel- 
ing of lassitude and indisposition, sometimes followed 
by slight nausea before the disease has become ap- 
parent in the throat. Its presence at this center of 
local attack is usually the first symptom which can 
be recognized with any degree of accuracy, by one 
unskilled in diagnosis. 

The throat becomes rapidly inflamed and swollen 
and a little later the membranous lining is more or 
less thickly covered with the grey or white patches, 
which are the peculiar feature of the disease. 

The patient should have been under a physician's 
care before this stage is reached, but if not, one 
should be summoned without delay. Diphtheria will 
often test the knowledge and skill of the best medical 
men and no housewife should attempt to treat it. 

Preventive Measures. 

Diphtheria, particularly of the malignant sort, is 
another of the appalling list of diseases which have 
been proven to be communicated through germs or 
microbes. Long as this catalogue already is, the 
microscopists are constantly making additions to it 
and thus clearing up the mysteries which have long 
surrounded the origin of so many ailments. These 
great discoveries not only satisfy the long baffled cur- 
iosity of the profession, but they have proven of un- 
told value to the world at large, through enabling 
science to combat and destroy the poisonous atoms, 
before they can create disease in the human system. 

The resources of chemistry have been invoked for 
agents, penetrating and powerful enough to annihilate 



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these insidious, though invisible, messengers of 
death and as the result of months and years of exper- 
iment and research, the chemist has supplied that 
need. None of these disinfecting compounds is ex- 
celled by that famous preparation of the C. D. Co., 
the Germ Killer. It is quick and certain death to 
the whole poisonous brood of microbes and as such, 
is an invaluable agent in the prevention of disease. 

In common with the entire group of bacilli, the 
diphtheria germ multiplies and flourishes in waste and 
decaying matter and therefore it is extremely import- 
ant in diphtheria epidemics, that all receptacles for re- 
fuse should be kept thoroughly clean and disinfected. 

Not only in epidemics of all diseases, but at all 
times should this vital precaution be observed. Never 
forget that the old saying "an ounce of prevention is 
worth a pound of cure" is one of the proverbs which 
has proven its wisdom in millions of instances. Keep 
your surroundings in proper sanitary condition and 
danger in any epidemic will be reduced to a mere 
possibility. 



DYSPEPSIA-INDIGESTION. 

This curse of the American people seems to be a 
peculiarly national complaint. 

The cause for this is readily apparent to any think- 
ing observer. In no other civilized country is there 
the universal recklessness in breaking every known 
law of health as in this, and none of these rules are 
so generally trampled upon as those relating to the 
stomach. 



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Almost without exception every culinary compound, 
that is so widely popular as to be known as a dis- 
tinctively American dish, is a mixture of the most in- 
digestible articles of food imaginable. Add to this 
the fact that the average American, especially if a 
business man, is living under a terrific pressure, driv- 
ing every energy to its utmost, without the least re- 
gard to the proper and necessary periods for rest and 
relaxation, and it is wonderful that we have any per- 
centage whatever of sound, healthy men, women or 
children. 

Popular opinion to the contrary notwithstanding, 
the stomach and its auxiliaries of the digestive appar- 
atus, is the head and center of the human system and 
from it arises nine-tenths of the ailments to which 
mankind is heir. 

Therefore, it stands everyone in hand to keep this 
important factor of his health and happiness in prop- 
er condition. And this can be accomplished only by 
careful judgment and moderation, both in the selec- 
tion of food and regulation of the habits. 

It is not our purpose to enter into a lengthy dis- 
cussion of the various articles which go to make up 
the food and drink of mankind, pointing out those 
that are most digestible and nutritious or the oppo- 
site. No general rules can be laid down on this 
point that would be worthy of consideration. What 
one person finds highly palatable and sustaining 
would cause misery to his neighbor and vice versa. 
Every individual who has reached years of discretion 
and is of sound mind is capable of selecting those 
articles of diet which experience has proven best 
adapted to his personal digestive peculiarities, or of 
refusing those which exercise a deleterious effect. 



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If this intelligence be applied, no one need have 
fear of that many-armed, ever threatening octopus, 
dyspepsia, but if the stomach be wilfully abused by 
forcing it to attempt to digest those food products at 
which it has heretofore often rebelled, it is only a 
question of a short time when it will become so 
weakened as to perform its work but indifferently, 
under the most favorable circumstances. 

The best method of curing dyspepsia is not to have 
it. Unless, as in rare instances, the sins of the 
father be visited upon his children, and a weak 
stomach is inherited, caution and a certain amount of 
abstemiousness are certain preventives. Remember 
that the laws of nature can be broken with apparent 
impunity for a time, but eventually retribution will 
surely come. 

A word to those unfortunates who are already suffer- 
ing the torments that come only from weakened or 
diseased organs of digestion. 

The simple case of over-eating, while unpleasant at 
the time, will usually disappear in a brief period 
without the use of medicines. But well developed 
chronic dyspepsia is as difficult to overcome as the 
simple instances of acute indigestion are easily re- 
lieved, and those sufferers who would free themselves 
from this affliction must be prepared for a long con- 
tinued, unflinching struggle, no matter what dis- 
couragements may at first confront them. The re- 
sult of years of indiscretion cannot be undone in a 
day, although with the aids which science has to offer, 
it will not take many weeks. 

Remedies. 

The ordinary case of acute indigestion, arising from 



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forcing the stomach to hold more than it is prepared 
to digest, or from eating rich and very indigestible 
food, can be quickly relieved by taking one of the C. 
D. Cos Liver Pills immediately after eating. These 
pleasant little pellets are designed not only to act on 
the secretions of the liver, etc., but to directly stimu- 
late the stomach, in fact to have largely the effect of 
the various preparations of pepsin which are now so 
popular. They have the inestimable advantage, how- 
ever, of being composed of purely vegetable agents 
and are absolutely harmless. In doses of one pellet 
taken immediately after eating, they do not have a 
cathartic action, but simply aid the digestive organs 
in disposing of their unwonted load. 

Chronic dyspepsia, however, requires different 
treatment and first and most important of the reme- 
dies which the dyspeptic who would be cured must 
adopt, is a very careful adjustment of his diet to 
the actual need of the system. 

Eat only those articles of food which have proven 
themselves in the highest degree acceptable to the 
stomach and which also contain a large percentage of 
nutriment. Carefully avoid excesses of every de- 
scription, eating at regular periods and drinking little 
or no malt or spirituous liquors. 

Overwork and lack of the proper amount of sleep 
are frequent causes of digestive weakness. What 
will give rise to any ailment will certainly aggravate 
it, therefore, no relief of chronic dyspepsia is possible, 
unless the patient regulates his habits and affairs to 
conform with the recuperative necessities of his sys- 
tem. 

The mere observance of these regulations will not 
suffice, unless the digestive apparatus is afforded the as- 



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sistance of a tonic stimulant, and it is in this that the 
allied sciences, medicine and chemistry, proffer their 
aid. 

Dyspepsia is simply a weakened and diseased con- 
dition of the stomach and this weakness and disease 
must each be given the treatment necessary to re- 
move them. 

Favoring the stomach in every way possible by 
the selection of easily digested, nutritious food, en- 
ables it to recover its lost strength, providing it is 
toned up and the diseased tissues healed by the action 
of the C. D. Co s Sarsaparilla Resolvent. 

Sarsaparilla Resolvent is not alone a blood purifier, 
but a powerful general tonic, whose benign action is 
felt throughout the entire system. Naturally the 
stomach receives this effect first and very markedly 
and consequently responds without delay. 

This treatment will eventually completely cure the 
most confirmed and long-standing cases of dyspepsia, 
and we earnestly solicit a trial of it, especially from 
those sufferers who have met with frequent disap- 
pointments in using other remedies. We know they 
will receive the most happy results from this. 

In cases where there are pronounced symptoms of 
chronic biliousness as well as weakness of the stomach, 
the regular use of the C. D. Cos Liver Pills, taken 
one or two each night on retiring, in connection with 
the Sarsaparilla Resolvent at meals, will be found 
extremely beneficial. This will not be necessary for 
more than a very few days, after which the Sarsapa- 
rilla Resolvent will be all the medicine required. 

The Liver Pills are recommended solely to stir up 
the old, long-settled accumulations of disease and thus 
expedite recovery. The Sarsaparilla will achieve 






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the same results unaided, but as its action is some- 
what different it will take longer, hence the Liver 
Pills add materially to the quickness with which a 
complete cure can be arrived at. 



DIARRHOEA. 

This excessive looseness of the bowels is very often 
only a symptom of organic derangement, rather than 
a disease sui generis although the form known as sum- 
mer complaint, as well as diarrhoea arising from ir- 
regularities in diet, are the simple results of local 
causes and can be treated accordingly. 

Moreover, diarrhoea should not be confounded with 
dysentery, a disease which it resembles in many re- 
spects, but which requires radically different action to 
afford relief. In this connection we will consider 
merely the complaint in its common distinct phase, 
the one in which the ordinary remedies available in 
every household will afford relief. In those instances 
where diarrhoea is a symptom of a graver disease, the 
other characteristics will be so marked as to prevent 
any misunderstanding. 

It seems hardly necessary to remind our readers of 
the importance of checking such a debilitating and 
weakening ailment as this, or to impress upon their 
minds the fact that if not relieved, it quickly runs in- 
to chronic diarrhoea, one of the most difficult diseases 
to permanently cure, known to the medical profession.. 
Moreover, death has resulted from neglected cases of 
simple diarrhoea. 



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Causes. 



The ordinary form of diarrhoea arises most fre- 
quently from exposure to sudden extremes of heat 
and cold, such as heating the body by active exertion, 
then too quickly cooling it. Hot days and chilly eve- 
nings also bring it on very often. No cause is more 
common, however, than the eating of unripe fruit, 
and other indigestible articles which in itate and in- 
flame the membranous lining of the bowels. 

Symptoms. 

The intense griping pains of cholera morbus and 
colic are a certain prelude of diarrhoea and should 
receive the prompt attention noted in the chapters on 
those complaints. 

Often simple diarrhoea is preceded only by slight 
sensations of uneasiness in the abdominal region and 
a feeling of lassitude accompanied by headache. 

Frequently, however, the first symptom is the 
loose, watery evacuations which are the main charac- 
teristic of the complaint. 



Remedy. 

Should there be no indications of dysentery (for 
which see next chapter) all forms of diarrhoea should 
be gently but firmly checked without delay. 

Give the C. D. (Jos Cholera Cure as directed on 
label, at intervals of about an hour and unless the case 
is unusually severe, two or three doses will entirely 
check the discharges. It is also advisable to keep 



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the patient in a reclining position as much as possi- 
ble, thus facilitating recovery. 



DYSENTERY. 

Too many people confound this very serious dis- 
ease with simple diarrhoea, endeavoring to relieve it 
with the same measures which would apply to an or- 
dinary case of summer complaint. 

No error can be more dangerous, since the treat- 
ment in these two ailments are almost exactly oppo- 
site. Furthermore, dysentery is a disease which de- 
mands the instant assistance of a skilled physician 
and no amateur should endeavor to handle it unaided. 

This being the case, the author will confine himself 
merely to endeavoring to point out the characteris- 
tics by which this complaint may be recognized and 
the features which distinguish it from diarrhoea. 

Symptoms. 

Dysentery is almost invariably preceded by intense 
griping pains through the abdominal regions, occas- 
ionally accompanied by chills and fever. This is 
usually quickly followed by the distinctive symptoms 
of the ailment, the passing of scanty watery dis- 
charges from the bowels, usually more or less mixed 
with blood and mucus. This is always accomplish- 
ed with great straining and pain to the patient, there 
being an almost constant desire to evacuate the bow- 
els, while the discharges are very scanty and often 
times the sufferer cannot pass anything even after 
great effort. In this, lies the point by which the laity 



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can positively recognize dysentery. A person afflict- 
ed with ordinary diarrhoea can without difficulty free 
the bowels of their contents, the discharges being 
very complete and almost invariably affording temp- 
orary easiness and relief. When this is the case, the 
remedies suggested in the previous article will cure in 
a short time, but if the symptoms of dysentery are at 
all marked, no time should be lost in securing the ser- 
vices of a good physician. 

There are of course many indications of this disease 
in addition to this most pronounced symptom above 
noted, including the quick pulse and general heat of 
fever, vomiting, etc. , but the enumeration of them 
would tend to confuse the reader rather than enlight- 
en him. They are but the signs of the general con- 
stitutional disturbance which so grave a malady al- 
ways produces. The tenasmus or straining at stool 
is the danger signal to be heeded. 

Pending the arrival of the physician, the housewife 
can do little besides keep the patient in bed, the re- 
cumbent position tending to alleviate the pain, and 
use such means to give relief as circumstances afford. 

The attending medical man will direct the diet and 
accessory treatment to suit the individual require- 
ments of the case. One final caution, never give an 
astringent in dysentery as in diarrhoea. 



INFLAMMATION of the EYES. 

Inflammation or what is commonly known as ' 'sore" 
eyes, are remarkably frequent with all classes, 
especially among children. 

Except when the inflammation arises from an acci- 



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dent or injury, such as the introduction of hard, 
foreign substances under the lids, this affection is 
traceable directly to a scrofulous or other taint or 
impurity in the blood, omitting, of course, occasional 
instances in which a temporary inflammation of the 
tissues surrounding the eyes results from some severe 
constitutional impairment, as fevers, etc. Almost 
every ordinary case of this kind, however, is an indi- 
cation of blood humor and should receive correspond- 
ing treatment. 

Remedy. 

A local application to disperse the inflammation is a 
necessity and none is better for the purpose than the 
C. D. Cos Prescription No. jj. It is a preparation 
which has long been used by a noted oculist with 
very happy results and it is certain to relieve all ordi- 
nary cases of this distressing complaint, with almost 
marvelous quickness. Those who are subject to 
these disturbances would be wise to keep a supply of 
this most valuable compound, against their time of 
necessity. 

Local applications are of infinite advantage in 
affording temporary relief, but, as in every other 
known disease, to eradicate it, the roots must be de- 
stroyed. The healing effect of a good lotion which 
drives away the inflammation should not blind one to 
the importance of removing the cause of the trouble. 

Chronic cases, or periodic attacks of inflamed eyes 
are convincing evidence of the necessity of a thorough 
course of blood purification. The C. D. Cos Sarsa- 
parilla Resolvent will accomplish this quickly and 
completely, no other remedy being required. 

In discussing this most excellent compound in its 



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relation to other disorders requiring alterative treat- 
ment, the author believes that he has said sufficient 
to impress the reader with its pronounced good quali- 
ties. But all that he has written, or can write, will not 
equal one-thousandth part of the vast volume of 
praise that rises up from the tens of thousands who 
have been benefited by it. It is a preparation which 
should be ever present in every household in the 
land. 



ERYSIPELAS. 

An exceedingly deep seated and obstinate com- 
plaint, characterized by an intense inflammation and 
redness of the skin in patches or blotches, of greater 
or less extent, according to the severity of the attack. 

Causes. 

Many writers seem to be slightly in doubt as to the 
origin of this disease, although the majority and the 
very highest authorities, agree in the opinion that it 
arises from an impure condition of the blood. The 
immediate cause of an attack of erysipelas may be 
any of a great number of circumstances or conditions. 

Exposure, indigestion, intemperance, injuries or 
wounds from which come local inflammation that 
rapidly runs into malignant erysipelas. Any of these 
or a hundred other matters may be the active means 
of developing this malady. In fact anything that 
stirs up the latent poison in the blood will bring it on. 

The larger portion of those who suffer from this 
disease are subject to periodic attacks, as they must 



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ever be until they adopt a course of treatment which 
will thoroughly renovate and build up their system, 
and eliminate from their blood every trace of the 
complaint. 

There is not the slightest doubt that erysipelas is 
transmitted by inheritance, as are nearly or quite all 
of the humors of the circulatory system. Parents 
who have shown even i slight traces of this disease, 
should watch their children carefully, or better yet, 
use the means which science offers so freely to 
thoroughly drive out the poison. 

Symptoms. 

Acute attacks of erysipelas are usually ushered in 
by a feeling of lassitude and general indisposition ac- 
companied by low fever and loss of appetite. Some- 
times intense thirst, nausea, and diarrhoea are in evi- 
dence. 

Usually the characteristic feature of this disease, 
the inflamed, painful blotches on the skin make their 
appearance very soon after the premonitory symp- 
toms are noticable. These patches are most com- 
monly found about the head or face, although they 
may occur on any portion of the body. Frequently 
they make their first appearance near the nose or ear, 
or if there be any scratch, cut, or other abrasion of 
the skin, causing light local inflammation, the incip- 
ient blotches are likely to originate at that point. 

The exact location of the first appearance, how- 
ever, is soon lost sight of as the inflammation, swell- 
ing and discoration extends rapidly, soon covering a 
considerable area. With this increase of external 
symptoms the general derangement grows more pro- 



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nounced, until the patient is in a very bad condition. 
Acute erysipelas is another of the long list of dis- 
eases in which the housewife must invoke the aid of 
a physician, limiting her own treatment to the access- 
ory measures indicated by him. There are few ail- 
ments which tax the strength and resources of the 
nurse more than this, and she will find ample op- 
portunitv of caring for the patient, even with the as- 
sistance of the doctor. Consequently, there should 
be little delay in sending for a physician when the 
evidences of erysipelas are noted. 



Remedies. 

As has been stated, the treatment of acute erysip- 
ilas must be left to the medical attendant, therefore, 
it would be profitless to discuss it here. Only a word 
of caution — do not use any local applications until 
the doctor arrives, save a little dry flour or starch. 
Avoid all wet and chilling local treatment as far as 
possible, as the concensus of opinion among specialists 
in this disease is that their use is more often attended 
with injury than benefit. 

Advice as to the management of acute cases, how- 
ever, is an unimportant matter in comparison with 
instruction how to prevent these attacks and remove 
the disease altogether from the system. 

Unless this done there is theever present possibili- 
ty of its breaking out and it is not necessary to re- 
mind the reader that fatal terminations of this malady 
are far from rare, without regarding the intense suffer- 
ing which charcterizes its acute form, even if finally 
for the time being subdued. 



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No amount of local treatment will have the slight- 
est weight in eradicating the poison and only a per- 
serving unfaltering course of alterative measures will 
accomplish it. The impaired blood must be purified 
before immunity can be assured. Nothing will more 
quickly and surely drive out erysipelas poison than 
that unexcelled blood renovater the C. D. Cos Sar- 
saparilla Resolvent. Do not wait for the disease to 
assume its acute form before taking these means of 
cure. If you have ever suffered from it you will sure- 
ly be again the victim unless it is forever driven from 
your blood. Begin taking the Sarsaparilla now and 
a short time will suffice to free you forever from this 
fiery fiend. 

Furthermore, its strong tonic effect will prove very 
grateful even though you may not feel any prominent 
symptoms of disease. As a general invigorator it is 
without an equal. Insure your children also against 
the outbreak of this latent imp that will, if not slain, 
develop into a full grown devil to torture them when 
least expected. If you have been its victim, there 
are very few chances that your offspring will escape 
if eradicating measures be not taken. 

Finally should you not heed these words of warn- 
ing and neglect this safeguard until after the com- 
plaint has developed its burning torment, always take 
the Sarsaparilla Resolvent after your physician has 
subdued the attack and if the treatment is conscien- 
tiously persevered in, you need have no fear of its 
recurrence. A word to the wise should be sufficient. 



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ECZEMA. 

Of the very extended catalogue of cutaneous or 
skin diseases there is not one more frequent, more 
unpleasant, or harder to completely eradicate than 
this. All ages and classes are subject to it and in 
common with all ailments which have their origin in 
impurities or taints in the blood, it is transmitted di- 
rectly by inheritance. 

It seems to the author unnecessary to devote much 
space to the description of the symptoms of this dis- 
ease, as the moist scaly eruptions which cover more 
or less thickly various portions, or often the entire 
surface, of the body, are easily recognized by every- 
one. 

Remedies. 

This, however, is a more important matter and 
one which deserves extended mention. 

There are scores of so-called specifics for all skin 
diseases consisting of lotions, ointments, etc., widely 
advertised and correspondingly used by the victims of 
this and its kindred ailments. Such of these as have 
any merit whatever often allay the irritation to a cer- 
tain extent and for a temporary period, but an ex- 
ternal application can no more remove a blood 
humor, such as this, from the system, than it can 
cure consumption or dyspepsia. 

A soothing emollient such as the C. D. Co s Rose 
Crea,7n, is often of value in eczema as an accessory 
measure only, to quiet the irritation and soften the 
hard scales of the eruptions, but the disease itself can 
be eradicated only by driving it from the circulatory 
system with a powerful purifying alterative. 



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This is one other of the manifold instances in which 
the C. D. Co s Sarsaparilla Resolvent has proven 
its infinite value as a remedial agent. In all cases 
where the vitality and purity of the blood is in any 
way impaired, it is an absolute specific, neither ex- 
celled or equalled by any preparation on the market. 

We recommend it as an unfailing remedy for 
eczema and other skin diseases and a brief trial will 
fully substantiate the truth of this assertion. If you 
are a sufferer from this loathsome disease do not re- 
fuse this certain means of quick return to health and 
happiness, no matter how many and disheartening 
may have been your previous disappointments. This 
is one preparation which is put up with the honest 
intention of doing good and no expense has been 
spared to achieve this end. Were this not the case, 
the manufacturers would not trust to the merits of 
the article itself to make its own name, rather than 
create a false reputation through skillful advertising. 



FELON, 



An inflammatory affection of the extremities, 
usually occuring on the fingers, thumb, or hand. 

This exceedingly disagreable complaint is ordinarily 
first indicated by a severe, deep seated, prickly, 
throbbing pain which rapidly increases as the swelling 
advances, until it becomes at times almost unbearable. 
The bunch or swelling will finally break and suppurate 
profusely unless lanced. 

It is always best to invoke the aid of a surgeon as 



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soon as the felon is sufficiently advanced to make its 
identity certain, for if these pests are neglected there 
is a possibility of their causing blood poisoning with 
serious results. 

Lancing them early in their development will often 
check their course, but this is an operation which 
should never be attempted by an amateur, a physi- 
cian alone being capable of performing it properly. 

After the felon is lanced or has broken naturally, 
it should be dressed with the C. D. Co s Antiseptinc 
only. This preparation will heal the sore quickly, 
prevent the formation of proud flesh, allay inflamma- 
tion, in fact it is an ideal dressing for all wounds and 
sores. 



FEVER SORES. 

No dressing will afford such satisfactory results for 
fever sores as the C. D. Co s Antisepine. All ulcer- 
ous eruptions require an antiseptic healing lotion and 
the Antiseptine will be found on trial to be the most 
effective preparation of this class obtainable. 



GRAVEL. 

Stones in the bladder or kidney is a malady which 
tests the skill and knowledge of the most experienced 
physician and no pains or expense should be spared 
in securing the very best professional aid, when this 
disease is suspected. 



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Causes. 

Calculous disease of the kidneys is at least devel- 
oped, if not originally caused, by over indulgence and 
excesses both in eating and drinking, sluggish habits 
and lack of proper exercise. 

Symptoms. 

While there is no disease in which there is so wide 
a variety of symptoms in different cases, several, if 
not all of the following indications may be recogniz- 
ed in the majority of instances. 

Feeling of indefinable discomfort and apprehension 
accompanied with slight pain through the region of 
the kidneys. 

Shooting pains more or less severe, arising in the 
same portion of the body and radiating to other parts 
often to the groin, thighs or hips. 

A deep seated, steady pain in one or both of the 
hips. 

Frequent desire to void the urine, accompanied 
with much pain and often containing small particles 
of stone or a lime like substance. 

These are of course only warnings of the intense 
agony which invariably attaches to the passage of a 
stone of any size. The terrible anguish of these at- 
tacks can be appreciated only by those who have suf- 
fered from them, as it is beyond description. 

Only too frequently they terminate fatally and 
those who have the least premonitory symptoms, 
should lose no time in placing themselves under the 
care of the best physician at hand. No directions for 
self treatment will afford relief or avert disaster. 



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GOUT. 

This quasi-rheumatic affection of the lesser joints, is 
far less common in this country than in many others, 
particularly in Great Britain. The predisposing 
cause of the complaint is of itself sufficient explana- 
tion of this phenomona. 

Barring the fact that a strong tendency to this dis- 
ease is unquestionably transmitted from one genera- 
tion to another, all authorities unite in the statement 
that gout is caused by excessive eating of rich foods 
together with the constant use of liquors, especially 
wines and malt drinks. Those whose mode of life is 
sedentary or who are of a sluggish temperament are 
much more liable to the complaint, other circum- 
stances being equal. 

While there are thousands of cases of gout in the 
United States, the average American is too lively and 
energetic to succumb, no matter how much his eating 
and drinking may tend to the development of the 
complaint. 

Like all rheumatic maladies, gout is primarily a dis- 
ase of the blood, arising from what is technically 
known as uric acid in the circulatory system which is 
deposited around the joint locally affected. This is 
almost invariably the ball of the great toe, although 
occasionally the entire foot is affected. 

Remedies. 

While the disease may seem to be entirely seated 
in the extremities, it does not by any means follow 
that it can be cured by local treatment, for in fact all 
applications, etc., are not of the slightest benefit in 
eradicating the disease. 



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As has been stated, gout and all other complaints 
of a rheumatic nature are located in the blood and an 
alterative treatment only will remove them. 

A good liniment as the C. D. Cos Anodyne Lini- 
ment applied to the inflammation will often afford 
relief, but it will take a powerful blood remedy to 
effect a permanent cure. 

After all that has been said regarding it, we feel 
that the reader should turn instinctively to the C. D. 
Co s Sarsaparilla Resolvent when there is need for 
an agent of this character. In every case where an 
ailment is traceable to impairment or a diseased con- 
dition of the blood, the Sarsaparilla will afford quick- 
er and more marked results than any pharmaceutical 
preparation available. Try it and be convinced. 



HEADACHE. 

Headaches of every character are symptoms only, 
not local ailments. The general disturbances which 
they may possibly indicate, include almost the entire 
list of the graver diseases to which the flesh is liable. 
They are among the premonitory indications of fevers, 
dysentery, catarrh and nearly all serious complaints. 

Manifestly it is unnecessary to consider this class of 
headaches at length and the author proposes to dwell 
only briefly on the common forms known as sick and 
nervous headache. 

As has been noted in the author's remarks on bil- 
iousness, ninety per cent, of ordinary headaches have 
their origin in temporary derangement of the diges- 



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tive organs and, this being the case, there is not the 
slightest excuse for their continuance. 

The C. D. Cos Liver Pills are a specific within the 
reach of everyone and there is not a single case of 
occasional or chronic sick headache which will not be 
compelled to yield to their action, if they are used con- 
scientiously as directed. Those subject to sick head- 
aches are referred to the chapters on biliousness and 
indigestion, and if they will follow the advice there 
given, they can be assured of immunity. 

Another frequent form of headache is that arising 
from a weakness or degeneration of the nervous sys- 
tem. This affection has may peculiar features in- 
describable in a written article, but which are only 
too easily recognized by those affected with so 
grievous a disease as this. Naturally the only 
remedy is to invigorate and build up the nervous sys- 
tem and until this is done, the patient can expect only 
more and more frequent attacks of excruciating pain. 

For all those whose nerves have been weakened or 
diseased through overwork, or any cause whatever, 
the C. D. Cos Nervita is a boon which should be ac- 
cepted without question or delay. While a powerful 
nerve tonic, it is at the same time a builder of nerve 
matter, its action being to replace the waste sub- 
stance as well as to eradicate the disease. Its reviving, 
stimulating effects on a worn-out system are little 
short of miraculous. As a local accessory measure 
the use of the C. D. Co s Aromatic Ammonia will be 
found most grateful in cases of headache. Bathe the 
patient's temples and forehead and allow her to in- 
hale the fragrant salts and entire relief will frequently 
follow. 



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Do not, however, forget that headaches indicate a 
deeper disturbance, which must be corrected to insure 
immunity from further attacks. 



HIVES. 

This very irritating complaint which is more com- 
mon with young children and girls than with adults or 
males, is very rarely dangerous and can be en- 
tirely relieved with little difficulty. 

Causes. 

Except in a very few instances hives or nettle-rash is 
caused by a form of indigestion either acute and tem- 
porary, or in a measure chronic. Naturally if long 
continued, it involves more or less derangement of 
the blood, but in any case its cure, is a matter of a 
few days only. 

Symptoms. 

The characteristics of this disease, the broad flat 
eruptions or wheales rather pale in the center, deep- 
ening in color, to the edges and accompanied with 
almost intolerable burning and itching, are easily 
recognized. They occur more frequently about the 
shoulders, back or loins and invariably increase both 
in size, number and painful sensations toward evening 
and when the patient first retires. 

Remedies. 

Given the fact that this complaint arises from de- 
fective digestion and its remedy is self evident. 



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Care should be exercised in the selection of food 
and those articles which have proven themselves 
not grateful to the stomach should be carefully avoided. 

Then the usual medicinal agents for the relief of 
indigestion, the C. D. Go's Liver Pills in laxative 
doses of one or two on retiring, will bring relief. If 
the case be chronic, the attack appearing frequently, 
the Sarsaparilla Resolvent should be taken regularly. 
In fact the Sarsaparilla will prove of great benefit in 
acute cases as well and if taken regularly for a few 
days will prevent further trouble of this nature. 

To allay the intense itching of the eruptions, they 
should be kept anointed with the C. D. Co'-s Base 
Cream. Common or table salt rubbed on, also the 
application of flour or starch will sometimes ease the 
irritation. 



HAY FEVER. 

This peculiar form of catarrh, asthma or a com- 
bination of both, has long been a problem to the 
medical profession on both sides of the ocean. 

Numberless theories as to its origin and the cause 
of its peculiar periodic appearance have been advanc- 
ed, some of which seem based on sound reasoning and 
others are on their face the wildest vagaries of their 
author's imagination. None of these opinions have been 
proven to be in every case accurate and the writer 
under these circumstances prefers to confine himself 
to effects and remedies, rather than be committed to 
one of the manv theories of the cause of this disease. 



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Symptoms. 



In many ways hay fever resembles common catarrh of 
the head and nasal passages, being characterized by 
sensations of heat, fullness and generally unpleasant 
condition of the head, with itching of the eyes, nose 
and throat, sneezing, etc., and with it always comes a 
feeling of lassitude and irritability. 

Often the asthmatic symptoms of compression of 
the chest, spasmodic difficulty in breathing, etc., are 
quite marked. 

True hay fever, however, differs from both these 
maladies in its distinctive periodic visitations. It is 
known during the hot surrmer months only, and al- 
most invariably attacks the patient regularly every 
season, often on the same date each year, disappear- 
ing as suddenly as it came, about the same time every 
autumn. It is this singular feature of the complaint 
which has mystified the medical fraternity and made 
it so difficult to exactly determine its pathology. 

Fatal or even serious terminations of hay fever are 
very rare but the patient is often entirely unfitted to 
perform his daily duties and in severe cases life is 
almost a burden to the sufferer. 



Remedies. 

Very naturally in a disease whose nature is so hard 
to analyze, a specific which can be relied upon, is prac- 
tically among the things impossible. 

Change of residence, especially to some sea side or 
lake resort, seems to be the most successful measure 
so far discovered, to alleviate the discomforts of hay 
fever. It is doubtless aggravated by the dust com- 



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mon to inland localities, during the summer, since 
those patients who have been able to spend the sea- 
son near or on great bodies of water have either been 
entirely free from the disease, or the severity of its 
atticks have been greatly mitigated. Unfortunately, 
the great body of sufferers from this unpleasant ail- 
ment are unable to avail themselves of this means of 
relief, and to these a few suggestions which may be 
of benefit are given. 

Several of the C. D. Cos standard preparations 
have been employed with great benefit in numerous 
cases of hay fever, but the author does not by any 
means recommend them as infallible, for no medicine 
compounded is a certain relief. If the victim of this 
complaint feels willing to try them on the possibility 
of their benefitting him, the chances are largely in 
favor of his being more than pleased with the result 
but there is also room for disappointment, should his 
case be one of those which baffles the most penetrat- 
ing compounds of the materia medica. 

The patient who wishes to make this effort should 
begin several weeks before the date at which the 
yearly attack is expected, by taking the Sarsaparilla 
Resolvent regularly. Since this ailment combines the 
characteristics of catarrh and asthma, both of which 
diseases imply a more or less depleted condition of 
the blood, this preliminary course of tonic and invig- 
orating treatment, will very often enable the system 
to resist the usual attack of hay fever altogether, or 
will almost invariably lessen its severity. The experi- 
ment is well worth trying, while past results have de- 
monstrated that it is more of an assured success than 
a venture, in the great majority of instances. 

The Sarsaparilla Resolvent should not be dropped 



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even if the disease manifests itself, for it is bound to 
have a great effect in mitigating the intensity of 
the disagreeable characteristics, if it should not re- 
move them entirely. 

To allay the inflammation of the membranes of the 
nose and throat the C. D Cos Catarrh Cure will be 
found of infinite benefit. Its soothing, healing' effects 
will prove most grateful to the patient, quieting the 
irritation and clearing the head of that stuffed, aching 
sensation so intensely unpleasant and exasperating. 

Should the asthmatic symptoms be pronounced, 
causing the patient great difficulty in breathing, espec- 
ially during the night, the C- D. Cos Asthma Pas- 
tilles will usually remove them, affording restful unin- 
terrupted sleep. 

If you have tried many other remedies for hay 
fever without satisfactory results we ask that you 
give these atrial also, for while, as we have stated, they 
are not guaranteed a specific, yet they have helped 
hundreds of cases and there is every reason to believe 
they will help you. 



HOARSENESS. 

The form of hoarseness which attends a cold or acute 
bronchitis will disappear with that complaint and the 
C. D. Cos Cough Balsam is a certain cure for both. 
The hoaiseness to which singers and public speakers 
are subject is another matter and should receive en- 
tirely different treatment. The C. I). Co. compounds 
a specific for this annoyance called prescription No. 64, 



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which if clergymen, singers, etc., would once try, they 
would never be without. It is put up in the form of 
tiny tablets, a small bottle of which can be easily carri- 
ed in the vest pocket and they are guaranteed to keep 
the voice clear and strong, as well as relieve all pain 
and soreness of the vocal organs almost instantly. 

A card to their nearest representative or to the 
laboratory brings them. 



HEARTBURN. 

This popular name for an unpleasant sensation is a 
great misnomer, since it arises from the stomach 
alone and has no connection with heart. It is a symp- 
tom of indigestion merely and can be temporarily re- 
lieved by taking either powdered charcoal or prepared 
chalk, which can be procured at any drug store. 

But it is evidence of a disordered stomach and the 
only wise treatment is to tone up and invigorate the 
digestive organs and consequently the entire system, 
as indicated in the chapter on indigestion and dyspep- 
sia. 

It is invariably caused by some article at which the 
stomach rebels and by using a little judgement in 
avoiding those substances that experience has shown 
as creating this acidity of the stomach, attacks may 
be entirely averted. 



DISEASES of the HEART. 

All affections of the heart are of such a delicate and 



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serious nature that they call for attention of a skilled 
physician and any advice as to home treatment 
would be highly out of place in this work. They 
would tend to confusion and possibly lead to delay 
in seeking the services of a doctor, which might 
prove disastrous. The symptoms are very often in- 
distinct and in such great variety that even experienc- 
ed specialists are puzzled. Therefore, heart diseases 
are very far removed from the sphere of the house- 
hold healer. 

Palpitation, however, may result from indigestion, 
over-exertion, excitement or a debilitated condition of 
the entire system. It is frequently found in cases 
where the heart itself is entirely free from any or- 
ganic disease and is, in such instances, a symptom of 
other disturbance. 

When caused by indigestion or dyspepsia, the cor- 
rection of the superinducing ailment will entirely re- 
move the apparent affection of the heart. 

But the fact that severe exertion or excitement 
brings on an attack of palpitation, is convincing evi- 
dence that the general strength and vitility of the 
system is impaired and this warning should be heed- 
ed, or more serious results may follow. 

To supply this waste of vigor and build up the 
tissues, the C. D. Cos Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil is un- 
excelled and its beneficent action is almost instantly 
apparent. If preseveringly used it will usually en- 
tirely remove all signs of palpitation. 

Nature always gives ample warning if her action or 
forces have in any way deteriorated. These danger 
signals are many and varied, but the knowledge to 
recognize them is easily acquired and for this purpose 



104 

only, has the author labored in preparing this little 
book. 

But if after his readers have been taught to know 
these indications they do not heed them, then his 
work in writing and their time in perusing have been 
utterly wasted. Every word of advice as to what to 
do and what to use in this perpetual struggle against 
disease and death which is constantly being waged by 
the entire human race, has been offered in perfect 
good faith and with the earnest conviction that if the 
suggestions be followed the reader would be greatly 
benefited thereby. 

If those who are themselves ailing or have others 
in their family or neighborhood who may be suffering 
in the coils of disease, refuse to believe and follow 
these directions, which are the result both of long ex- 
perience and extended research, they will themselves 
suffer more deeply than the writer. 

On the other hand if in one instance his work has 
proven the means of alleviating ever so little the pain 
of one sufferer only, among the untold millions in the 
world, he will feel amply repaid for whatever labor 
and inconvenience the compiling of this little book 
may have cost. 



HOOPING COUGH. 

This is one of the most distinctive of what are 
known as children's diseases and there is probably no 
mother who has not been called upon to witness it. 
There are very few, if any, children who escape hav- 
ing it and fortunately it very rarely attacks the same 
person the second time. 



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It is very seldom that simple hooping cough uncom- 
plicated with other diseases results fatally, but the 
spasms of coughing which are its chief characteristic, 
cause the little one infinite suffering and everything 
possible should be done to mitigate them. 

The exact origin of hooping cough has never been 
clearly determined, although it is unquestionably con- 
tagious to a certain extent. All children seem to 
have the one struggle with it and it is doubtful if any 
preventive measures would succeed in warding it off 
•altogether. 

Its symptoms are so well known to every one that 
we will not refer to them, but consider the available 

Remedies. 

The writer questions whether there is any prepara- 
tion which will positively cure hooping cough, being 
of the opinion that the disease is bound to run its 
course in a measure. 

But there are many agents which will greatly miti- 
gate the severity of the ailment and relieve the terrible 
spasms of coughing. None of these will prove more 
satisfactory than the C. D. Cos Cough Balsam. It 
should be given carefully as directed on the label, as 
it is a strong compound and the doses for young child- 
ren must be proportioned to their age and strength. 

This will be the only medicine advisable, since all 
that can be done is to relieve the severity of the 
paroxysms. 

The child should be watched carefully and undue 
exposure be avoided, although when properly clothed, 
a little exercise in the open air on all but very stormy 
days, will be rather beneficial than otherwise. The 

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patient should also be shown a great degree of con- 
sideration, as excitement and anger will tend to bring 
on and greatly aggravate the spasms of coughing. 

While the disease may not be very serious in itself, 
it should not be held and treated lightly, as complica- 
tions are frequent, which add much to the gravity of 
the ailment. These can usually be prevented if pro- 
per care in the management of the simple case of 
hooping cough be shown. 



ITCH 



This very loathsome skin disease does not appear to 
be nearly so prevalent in the older settled portions of 
the country as formerly, or as it now is in those local- 
ities where society is yet in its primitive state. 

Occasional cases are, however, not uncommon and 
the highly contagious character of the ailment makes 
it most important that it be quickly and thoroughly 
stamped out. 

It is communicated only by contact with the person 
or clothing of the patient and it has long since been 
proven to be caused by the ravages of a minute insect 
which imbeds itself in the skin, causing the well known 
scabs or eruptions which give the disease its scientific 
name, scabies. The frightful itching which attend 
them explains the common term by which it is desig- 
nated. 



Remedies. 

While this disease very rarely impairs the constitu- 



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tion to any serious extent, yet it cannot but have 
more or less effect on the general health and especial- 
ly the blood. 

Consequently Sarsaparilla Resolvent will be found 
of great benefit and should always be given in con- 
nection with external applications to destroy the 
parasites which are the primal cause of the difficulty. 

Of these ointments one containing a good propor- 
tion of sulphur has proven most effective and the fol- 
lowing formula which may be filled at any drug store, 
will be found to rapidly heal the eruptions and eradi- 
date the disease, providing the internal treatment 
with Sarsaparilla Resolvent be pursued: 

Benzoated lard, 4 parts. 
Sulphur precipitate, 1 part. 

To one ounce of the ointment add one drachm 
of potassium sub-carbonate. 

Before using the ointment the whole surface of the 
body, except the face and head, should be well bathed 
in warm water and castile soap, continuing the bath 
for at least half an hour, then dry thoroughly with 
warm towels. After this the sulphur ointment 
should be well rubbed in, all over the body, saving the 
head and face. 

Woolen underclothing should never be permitted, a 
patient suffering from scabies being allowed to wear 
only linen or cotton next the skin. After this treat- 
ment, the underclothing should not be changed for at 
least two days, at which time the process should be 
repeated, with the same preliminaries. All ordinary 
cases will yield in the course of a very few days, if 
these directions are carefully followed. 



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JAUNDICE. 

That interference with the regular and natural se- 
cretions of the liver involving a general disturbance 
of the system which is termed "jaundice," is consider- 
ed by some authorites a distinct disease in itself and 
by other eminent writers merely a symptom of func- 
tional disorders, primarily arising in other organs. 
Be the theoretic cause what it may, the fact that the 
liver is not performing its allotted work properly, to 
an extent that affects almost every organ and tissue 
in the body, makes the situation a very grave one. 
There are many opinions as to the reason of this dis- 
order, but they are so varied that an accurate digest 
of them would be more confusing than otherwise to 
the lay reader. 



Symptoms. 

The characteristics of jaundice are infallible and 
can never be mistaken. The greenish yellow tinge 
to the skin, whites of the eyes, etc., is always present. 
The urine and other secretions are dark yellow, often 
strongly tinted with green or brown. A fully develop- 
ed case of jaundice, especially if of the malignant type, 
is a very serious matter and a physician should be 
consulted before it has made any great progress. 
Any attempt at home treatment will only end disas- 
trously. 

However, it cannot but be admitted that jaundice 
is frequently no more than a very severe attack of the 
same complaint whose mild form is known as bilious- 
ness. Further, it is always preceded by these less 
marked premonitory symptoms, and if taken prompt- 



109 

ly at this stage, the remedies at hand in the household 
will very probably correct it. Herein is a vivid illus- 
tration of the value of immediate action when even 
apparently unimportant indisposition is evident. A 
simple bilious attack can be cured in two or three 
days at comparatively no expense, which, if neglected, 
may develop into that very serious disease, jaundice, 
than which there is no harder malady to entirely 
eradicate from the system, since it penetrates every 
tissue and even the blood itself. Consequently while 
we discourage amateur treatment for a pronounced 
case of jaundice, yet we are certain that many, if 
not all attacks of this disease, can be prevented by 
careful attention to the condition ot the system and 
using every precaution to restore the impaired action 
of the organs as indicated by the symptoms of bilious- 
ness. This statement is of course made with the 
reservation of those instances where this disease is a 
concomitant or sequence of fevers, etc., and it is to 
be applied solely when there are indications of no 
other ailment than jaundice. 



Remedies. 

Under its proper head the author has outlined a 
course of treatment which if followed will correct all 
bilious disturbances. The remedies prescribed, the 
C. D. Cos Liver Pills and Sarsaparilla Resolvent 
have proven their efficacy in thousands of instances 
and can be implicitly relied upon. 



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MEASLES. 

Measles is almost exclusively a disease common to 
children and rarely attacks a person who has reached 
maturity, although if it has been escaped in tender 
years, one is always subject to its contagion. While 
as a rule, one attack insures future immunity from this 
disease, instances are far from unknown where the 
same person has suffered from it twice or even three 
times, at intervals of months or years. There seems 
to be a peculiar affinity between this disease and 
hooping cough, epidemics of the latter being followed 
by measles and vice versa. 

As measles alone is usually a grave malady and it 
is very rarely uncomplicated with other disorders, it 
is imperative that a physician be summoned at once, 
as soon as the symptoms have determined definitely 
the identity of the illness. Its highly contagious 
character dictates that the greatest care be taken to 
prevent the spread of the disease and all infected 
clothing, bedding, etc . as well as the apartment it- 
self must be thoroughly disinfected. While the at- 
tending physician will indicate the necessary remed- 
ial measures which the individual peculiarities of the 
case require, a few brief suggestions may not be out 
of order, and will be found below. 



Symptoms. 

While measles often makes its appearance very 
abruptly with little or no warning, there are frequent 
cases where there are marked indications of the ad- 
vent of some serious disorder, for several days before 



Ill 

the rash appears. When communicated through con- 
tagion, the period between exposure and development 
of the disease varies from seven to fourteen days. 
When the complaint comes on slowly the patient 
seems to suffer from many of the symptoms of cat- 
arrh, sneezing, red, watery eyes, harsh cough, etc., 
accompanied by fever, which with the feeling of gen- 
eral lassitude increases rapidly until the eruptions ap- 
pear and the ailment can be definitely recognized. 

On the other hand when its advent is rapid, the 
usual indications are a sudden chill followed by a 
high fever and within a very brief time by the charac- 
teristic rash. Usually after the second or third day 
of this eruption the fever begins to subside and the 
patient begins to recover slowly unless complicating 
diseases set in. 

Treatment. 

Medicines, except such as tend to allay the severity 
of the fever, are of little use in simple measles, and 
little can be done except attend to the wants of the 
invalid and make him as comfortable as possible. 
The patient should be confined to the bed and the 
ight partially excluded, as the eyes are often tempor- 
arily weakened in this as in other febrile diseases. 
Draughts must be avoided as well as exposure of any 
kind. Frequent bathing as directed in ' 'Hints on Nurs- 
ing", will prove very grateful, relieving the hot un- 
comfortable sensations so trying to the sufferer. The 
diet should be light and nutritious, such as arrowroot, 
milk, chicken or veal broth, beef juice, etc. All the 
cool water necessary to quench thirst should be given 
freely, preferably in small quantities at frequent per- 
iods, rather than large draughts at one time. 



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The use of stimulants, a j in fact the entire general 
management of the case, should be left to the judg- 
ment of the attending physician. 



MORTIFICATION-GANGRENE. 

When this distressing condition occurs as an effect 
of organic disease, which occasionally happens, the 
previous illness of the patient will have been such 
that there will be a medical attendant to combat it. 
Should it result from wounds that have been improp- 
erly dressed and cared for, a physician should be 
called immediately, for the horrible state of death in 
life is far too serious to be controlled by the house- 
wife. 

There is no excuse for the occurrence of gan- 
grene in ordinary wounds in persons whose blood is 
in a fairly healthy condition. If injuries are properly 
dressed with a good lotion, such as the C. 1). Co s 
Antiseptine they will heal kindly and quickly. Furth- 
er, those whose blood is known to be tainted w T ith 
any of the numerous humors akin to scrofula, can 
renovate and remove the disease from their system if 
they will. And they should realize that while the 
impairment may not cause them present trouble, the 
slightest injury may result in its concentrating itself 
at that point and nothing bears with it more possi- 
bilities of a very serious nature. 

We have pointed out many times in this little vol- 
ume the road by which a perfectly pure and healthy 
condition of the blood can be reached, and it is the 



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height of wilful folly for any one to knowingly re- 
main diseased, when relief can be obtained at so little 
expenditure of effort or money. 



NEURALGIA. 

The popular idea that neuralgia is a local disease is 
the greatest possible fallacy, as there is no complaint 
that is more deeply seated throughout the entire 
system. It is essentially a disease of the nerves and 
while there exists much diversity of opinion as to its 
real origin, yet it unquestionably arises from a gen- 
eral debility of the nervous system and anything 
which tends to impair the nerve vitality must have 
much to do with the coming of this torturing malady. 

The effects of wasting illness, exposure, overwork, 
insomnia or any of a hundred circumstances that 
sap the strength and vigor of the nerves is more than 
liable to bring it on. 

It has also been most thoroughly proven that neu- 
ralgia with its kindred ailments, is inherited with the 
imperfect nervous system which they indicate. 

Symptoms. 

There is not the least possibility of confounding 
the burning, shooting, tearing pains of neuralgia with 
any other ache or pain to which the flesh is subject. 
Its distinctive fleeting character, beginning and ceas- 
ing with great suddenness or changing quickly from 
one part to another, makes its identity certain. 



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Occasionally there is a sense of soreness to the 
touch over the seat of long continued neuralgic pain 
but more often this is absent. 

Remedies. 

With this as with nearly every other disease, it is 
impossible to effect a cure unless the treatment be- 
gins at the very foundation of the ailment. Loca 
measures may afford temporary relief but the malady 
will certainly return unless it is thoroughly and entire- 
ty removed from its lurking places. 

Thus in neuralgia while the application of cloths 
saturated with Anodyne Liniment will almost always 
ease or altogether relieve the pain, yet immunity 
from future attacks can be had only by a vigorous 
course of treatment which will build up the wasted 
and diseased nervous system. 

Rarely indeed is this condition of the nerves unac- 
companied by a generally debilitated state of all the 
tissues of the body and when this is the case, no per- 
manent improvement can be expected until the whole 
system has been strengthened. This involves the 
use of a fat or tissue builder, as well as a nerve tonic, 
and both are a necessity if one would secure rapid 
and permanent relief. 

Hundreds have used those two incomparable pre- 
parations, the C. D. Cos Nervita and Emulsion of 
Cod Liver Oil in repairing the wasted forces both of 
nerve matter and tissues, with the most gratifying 
success. Used together they act on all the impaired 
parts simultaneously and it is but a question of time 
when the system will be restored to its original vigor 
and the shooting agony of neuralgia will be only a 
disagreeable memory, never more to be feared. 



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NIGHT SWEATS. 

. There is no symptom that more surely indicates a 
state of very low vitality or general debility than pro- 
fuse perspiration during sleep. 

It is an almost invariable accompaniment of the 
more advanced stages of consumption and similar 
wasting diseases, and in such instances little can be 
done beyond the general treatment for the predispos- 
ing complaint. 

Often however, night sweats are frequently noticed 
when there exists no acute or marked ailment and as 
there is nothing more weakening, measures should at 
once be taken to stop them. 

The author has seen scores of remedies recom- 
mended for this distressing complaint, many of them 
being local applications, as lotions, ointments, etc. 
Nothing can be more absolutely useless than to at- 
tempt to correct what is but a symptom of constitu- 
tional weakness, by rubbing on some harmless wash. 

Night sweats should be taken at their true value, 
viz;as an indication of general impairment of the vital 
forces and a momentous warning. Once on the down 
grade and it will not be long before serious disease 
will make its presence apparent. Recognize the 
danger signal, inaugurate a course of energetic and 
effective treatment to check and replace the wasted 
vigor and you will be assured of safety. 

In cases of this description the C. D. Cos Sarsrp- 
arilla Resolvent and Emulsion of 'Cod Liver Oil are 
the best insurance policy that can be had. If you 
are suffering from night sweats and have a feeling of 
general lassitude, take the Sarsaparilla to tone up 
and stimulate the organs, and at the same time the 



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Emulsion to rebuild the impaired tissues, and your re- 
turn to perfect health will be rapid and certain. 



P8LES. 



Among persons well advanced in years, especially 
those whose life has been to a great extent sedentary, 
there are few who have not suffered more or less 
from this annoying complaint. The predisposing 
causes of piles are unquestionably luxurious and in- 
dolent habits, indulgence in rich foods and wines or 
other spirituous liquors. The disease is excited to 
development by any of a hundred circumstances, but 
most often, by costiveness or other derangements of 
the bowels. 

Symptoms. 

The indictions of piles are too generally known to 
need much comment. The discharge of blood in the 
form of the disease known as bleeding piles is of 
course convincing evidence, while the peculiar itching 
or burning sensation of the little tumors about the 
anus are indications of the other varieties of the 
disease where hemorrhage is absent. 

Treatment. 

Unless the case be very severe and of long stand- 
ing it can be made to yield quickly to home treat- 
ment. Occasionally, through neglect, the ulcers be- 
come so large and malignant that only a specialist 



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can remove them, a surgical operation being neces- 
sary, but ordinarily nothing is required that cannot 
be used without the expense of a physician. 

The first requisite is to keep the bowels in perfect 
condition as constipation is the most frequent excit- 
ing and aggravating form of the disease. The tend- 
ency to costiveness can be easily corrected by taking 
the C. D. Cos Liver Pills in laxative doses, taking 
care not to get the bowels loose, as that condition is 
as detrimental as its opposite. One pellet each day 
will usually regulate the evacuations to the desired 
condition of having them move easily and freely. 

To heal the ulcers use the C. D. Cos Pile Ointment 
applied as per instructions on each packet. It is a 
guaranteed cure for this disease. 

If in addition, the patient carefully regulates his 
diet and habits, avoiding rich and exciting food and 
especially wines and liquors, at the same time taking 
a large amount of active exercise, he can secure relief 
at little expenses of time or trouble. With immunity 
so easy, no one need suffer from this most annoying 
complaint. 



INFLUENZA-La GRIPPE. 

Notwithstanding the fact there is not a distinct 
disease that has been more prevalent during the past 
two or three years in the United States than la 
grippe, there is no recognized ailment about whose 
cause and treatment there is a greater lack of defin- 
ite information. This mystery is unexplainable for 
while medical history ascribes a rather recent origin 



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to the complaint, at least there are few reliable re- 
cords of its epidemics until within the present cen- 
tury, yet it would seem as though modern scientific 
observers should have long since definitely classified 
it. 

Its numerous and varied forms and symptoms have 
doubtless done much to baffle the medical writer, to- 
gether with the fact that so many other comparative- 
ly unimportant diseases have been erroneously called 
influenza, particularly when the true t}/pe of the dis- 
ease is epidemic. 

The opinion of the best authorities is that true in- 
fluenza is not necessarily a serious matter when un- 
complicated with other diseases. The great danger 
lies in that it predisposes to other affections, especial- 
ly pneumonia and weakening the vitality of the sys- 
tem, opens it to the inroads of any other maladies, 
that may be latent. For this reason it should never 
be neglected. 



Symptoms. 

Genuine la grippe differs from a common cold be- 
ing a much graver ailment, requiring very different 
treatment. The premonitory symptoms differ widely 
in various cases, but usually the disease is ushered in 
by sharp fever with an intense headache. It some- 
times develops very slowly and again its onset is sud- 
den, in the latter instance being most frequently ac- 
companied by a severe headache, particularly about 
and between the eyes. Often this fever is interrupt- 
ed with a pronounced chill, succeeded by the febrile, 
symptoms again. 



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Either simultaneously or very shortly after the ad- 
vent of the fever, the catarrhal disturbance begins. 
This soreness of the membranes of the nose and 
throat is severe and yields slowly to treatment of any 
kind, although the cough which accompanies it will 
usually succumb to a soothing expectorant as C. D. 
Co s Cough Balsam. 

One of the marked peculiarities of the disease is 
the great nervous depression which it induces. This 
loss of strength and low spirits combined with intense 
aching of the muscles often seriously effects the pa- 
tient's mind to extent of severe delirium. 



Treatment. 

It is always advisable to secure a physician at once 
rather than attempt the home treatment of influenza 
or la grippe. While the disease in itself may not 
result seriously, the liability of grave complications is 
so great that a skilled practitioner should be in at- 
tendance. 



Preventive Measures. 

While there may exist much doubt as to the cause 
of influenza, there is not the slightest question that 
those whose condition is in any way debilitated are 
much more liable to its attacks than persons of vig- 
orous health. Therefore, it is a wise measure of 
precaution to have the system in its normal state, 
when la grippe is epidemic. 

If the blood or digestive organs are in the slightest 
degree out of order restore them with the Sarsapar- 
illa Resolvent. Emaciation and general debility are 



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rapidly corrected by the Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. 
Never forget that this disease is only too often fatal 
to those who have not the most perfect health with 
which to combat it. Take time by the forelock and 
arm yourself against it. The precaution may insure 
you immunity and will at least lessen the severity of 
the attack. * 



PlMPLES-"Black Heads." 

These unsightly eruptions or blotches, so common 
to that period of life which marks the first change 
from childhood to maturity, are often a source of 
deep mortification to those afflicted with thern. Nor 
is this condition of the complexion devoid of discom- 
fort not to say disgust for the beholder. 

The variety of pimples noticed most frequently, is 
that known as "flesh worms" or "blackheads." It is 
a very wide spread fallacy that these are caused by 
minute insects burrowing under the skin and the 
small bits of round hardened matter tipped with black, 
which are forced from them by pressure, are often 
called worms. They are simply the secretions which 
accumulate and harden in the pores when their natural 
action is for some cause suspended, the black tips 
being the dirt which has settled at the exterior end of 
the duct. 

The other common class of eruptions called acne, 
resemble minute boils, coming to a head and suppur- 
ating slightly, then subsiding to reappear immediately 
in another place unless the predisposing derangement 
is corrected. 



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All classes of these facial eruptions are attended 
with a greasy appearance of the skin and generally 
repulsive state of the complexion. 

Causes. 

As the usual time at which these pests are most 
common is about the age of puberty and a little later, 
they arise from the general constitutional disturbance 
characteristic of the great change. 

When found in adults they are usually caused by 
excesses of all kinds, especially in the use of spirit- 
uous liquors, indolence, lack of cleanliness, etc. 

Remedies. 

To remove these unsightly eruptions, the first 
move must be to reestablish the vigor and tone of 
the whole system, and purify the blood. All erup- 
tions are infallible evidence that the blood is not in 
its proper condition and until it is fully restored the 
pimples will continue. 

Take the C. D. Cos Sarsaparilla Resolvent re- 
gularly and in a very brief time, not only will a pro- 
nounced abatement of the pimples be apparent, but 
a much improved tone to the whole physical economy 
can be felt. 

Accessory treatment in the way of external appli- 
cations and exceptional cleanliness are imperative. 
Baths should be frequent and thorough, and the skin 
should be briskly rubbed with a rough towel until in a 
glow. Use nothing but pure castile soap, for one of 
the frequent exciting causes of disorders of the com- 
plexion, is cheap, improperly compounded toilet 
soaps. The "black heads" should be removed from 

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their lodgement and this can be most easily done by 
pressing the end of an old fashioned watch key di- 
rectly over the spot. 

To correct the greasy appearance of the skin, 
bathe the face thoroughly every night in a solution of 
rain water and borax, about a tablespoonful of the 
borax to a tea cup of the warm water. Dry with a 
soft towel then anoint the face and neck thoroughly 
with the C. D. Cos Rose Cream. In the morning 
again bathe the face with borax water but omit the 
Rose Cream until evening. 

If this treatment, including the conscientious use of 
the Sarsaparilla Resolvent,\>e persevered in, the com- 
plexion will in a short time be entirely cleared of 
the pimples and spots, leaving the skin soft, fair and 
healthy. 



PNEUMONIA. 

The very name of pneumonia or inflammation of the 
lungs sends a greater thrill of dread through everyone 
than the mention of any other known complaint. 
Every winter season sees thousands fall before its 
deadly sweep and other thousands rally from its 
clutches, only to suffer with shattered health and very 
early succumb to consumption. 

When it is once firmly settled on the lungs, this 
malady is far too serious to be trusted in any but the- 
most experienced hands and the best available physi- 
cian should be constantly at hand. 

But as a sequence of neglected colds, pneumonia 



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can very often be prevented if the premonitory indic- 
ations are treated promptly, as noted under that head. 
Do not neglect a cold. Nine times out of ten it may 
ran its course without serious results, but the tenth 
time death may be crowding close upon the wake of 
the primal symptoms and carelessness will cause life 
long sorrow, 

Symptoms. 

The most infallible indication of pneumonia, the 
hardness of the diseased lung, is not easily deter- 
mined by an amateur. But the sensation of intense 
pain through the chest cavity and under the shoulder 
blade, quick, hurried breathing, fever and restless- 
ness, are momentous symptoms which call for active 
measures without an instant's delay. 

One very marked feature of incipient pneumonia 
is profuse expectoration of viscid matter of a pro- 
nounced greenish or yellow color, often strongly 
tinged with blood. 

Treatment. 

As this disease positively demands the assistance 
of a physician, no directions for treatment will be 
given, aside from measures which will tend to relieve 
the patient, pending the doctor's arrival. 

As the main reliance of the profession is in strong 
external counter irritation, no time should be lost in 
placing a powerful application on the chest. Either 
use a poultice of the 0. D. Cos Medicinal Mustard 
made double the usual strength, or else apply com- 
mon spirits of turpentine. The turpentine is prefer- 
red by many physicians because of the rapidity of its 
action and it should be used as follows: 



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Thoroughly saturate a soft flannel cloth with the 
clear spirits and cover with it the entire affected side 
of the chest. Over this place two or three thickness- 
es of flannel wrung as dry as possible from very hot 
water and if at hand, lay over all a piece of oiled 
silk. If the oiled silk cannot be had, use several 
thicknesses of warm dry linen. As the turpentine 
evaporates rapidly, renew the application at fre- 
quent intervals, never permitting the damp cloths 
to become cool. 

While this treatment will prove painful to the pa- 
tient, causing great irritation to the skin or even blis- 
tering, do not desist until the doctor arrives or respir- 
ation is slower and easier. 

The arrival of the physician will of course termin- 
ate the responsibility of the housewife, beyond that 
care demanded in faithfully carrying out his direc- 
tions. 

For soothing the irritation and soreness of the cut- 
icle of the chest, caused by severe counter irritaticf, 
nothing is better than the C. D. Cos Healing Lotion. 

After pneumonia, as in fact all serious acute ill- 
nesses, the patient suffers from great loss of vitality 
and more or less emaciation. To build up the de- 
pleted forces and restore the system to perfect health, 
always use the C. D. Co s Emulsion of Cod Live?' Oil. 
This incomparable renewer of impaired strength 
should always be kept in every household in the land. 
It is an agent that one trial will make the constant 
recourse of the housewife. 



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RHEUMATISM. 

The author deems it unnecessary to devote any of 
his limited space to the discussion of what rheumat- 
ism is. He does not believe there will be any of his 
readers who have reached maturity but that have 
sufficient knowledge of its indications to easily recog- 
nize this almost universal malady and were he to re- 
produce one tenth part of the mass of conflicting 
theory to be found in medical writings regarding its 
cause, the reader w r ould be inextricably confused. 

Suffice to say that rheumatism is distinctively a dis- 
ease which has its origin in the blood a fact that is 
admitted by all of the highest authorities. 

Its painful and pronounced symptoms are so well 
known that they will not be referred to in this con- 
nection. 

Treatment. 

Acute cases of either articular or muscular rheum- 
atism call for professional attention if very severe. 
It is only the milder forms of the acute phase and 
chronic rheumatism to which the following sugges- 
tions as to treatment should be applied. 

Obviously the only vulnerable point at which this 
disease can be attacked with any hope of success, is 
at its very foundation and starting point — the circul- 
atory system. If it is not eradicated entirely and 
thoroughly from the blood, it will certainly recur 
when excited by exposure or any of the circumstances 
which tend to develop its acute form. 

In seeking for an alterative of sufficient power to 
remove all traces of disease from the blood, the one 
first turned to is that peerless preparation which has 



126 

proven its great worth in countless cases, the (J. D. 
Co s Saj'saparilla Resolvent. Right here the author 
wishes to state that this invaluable compound is not 
claimed to be an infallible specific for rheumatism, to 
effect an absolute cure in each and every instance. 
It will not do this nor will any product of the chem- 
ist's laboratory. 

We cannot toos trongly advise its use by those 
afflicted with this malady, but that there are cases 
which will not yield to the influence of even this most 
powerful remedy must be borne in mind, consequent- 
ly both the author and his prescription should not be 
condemned, should the trial result in disappointment. 

Those who suffer from this disease, which has been 
so long and universally considered incurable as to 
have become the very synonym of obstinacy, should 
willingly try anything that offers even a possibility of 
cure and should appreciate a compound which only 
in a degree mitigates their pain. 

If all this is considered, we are willing to advise the 
use of the Sarsaparilla, feeling confident that at least 
ninety per cent of those who follow this suggestion 
will be more than satisfied with the result. They 
cannot but receive great constitutional benefit from 
this unequalled tonic, while more than one-half 
of the cases in which it is used will be entirely cured 
of their rheumatism. 

As an application to relieve the agonizing pains, the 
Anodyne Liniment will be found very efficacious. It 
should be rubbed on vigorously two or three times 
each day and its intensely penetrating action will 
deaden if not entirely remove the pain. 

We earnestly request that those who have tried 
the scores of so called rheumatic specifics (?) make at 



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least a thorough trial of these standard preparations. 
While there is a possibility of disappointment, the 
chances of happy results are very greatly in their 
favor. 



RINGWORM. 

This annoying and repulsive disease of the skin is 
most common among children, but adults are also fre- 
quently subject to it. 

Its origin is very similar to scabies, being caused by 
the ravages of a minute parasite and it is nearly al- 
ways communicated by contagion. 

In common with all diseases of this class, the blood 
is more or less affected and the Sarsaparilla Resol- 
vent should be given regularly. The strictest cleanli- 
ness should be enforced, bathing the eruptions fre- 
quently with borax and water. 

Ointment of tar which can be procured at any 
drug store will be found to have a pronounced heal- 
ing effect on the sores, or if preferred an ointment of 
white precipitate of mercury can be used. 



SCARLET FEVER. 

While this is almost entirely a disease of childhood, 
adults are not exempt from it providing they have es- 
caped previous attack. 

As a rule, those who have suffered from it are in- 



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sured future immunity, although instances are on re- 
cord where the same individual has had two or even 
three attacks of scarlet fever at long intervals. This 
is a very rare exception however, and one in whom 
the disease has been well developed and run its 
course, can come in contact with it with little or no 
possibility of danger. 

It is communicated through contagion only, though 
certain climatic conditions often seem to favor its de- 
velopment and increase the degree of certainty of its 
being absorbed by contact, hence the frequent epid- 
emics of the disease, particularly during the autumn 
months. 

Like all the graver febrile affections, this complaint 
is too serious to be trusted to inexperienced hands 
and a physician should always be consulted immed- 
iately on the symptoms becoming sufficiently distinct 
to identify the malady. 

Therefore the author will merely endeavor to point 
out the characteristic features of the disease which 
distinguish it from others of its class and will leave 
all advice as to treatment and management to the 
medical attendant in charge. 

While scarlet fever is a very dangerous ailment in 
itself, there are few if any of the children's diseases 
which are more liable to complication and it should 
in consequence be watched with the greatest care, 
and no trouble or expense spared to secure the very 
best professional aid that can be obtained. 

Symptoms. 

The period which elapses between exposure and 
the marked development of scarlet fever varies great- 



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ly, ranging from three days to as long as three weeks 
but rarely more than six or seven days. 

The first indication, especially in young children, 
is a very sore throat with tenderness at the angles of 
the lower jaw and soreness or stiffness of the neck. 
This is followed quickly by the symptoms of fever, 
usually, though not always, beginning with a chill, 
succeeded by the customary rapid pulse, hot, flushed 
skin and intense thirst and very often nausea and 
vomiting. 

This stage lasts from twelve to thirty hours when 
the characteristic rash makes its appearance. This 
consists of very small dots, bright scarlet in color and 
often covering the skin so thickly as to leave none of 
the cuticle of its normal tint. It usually is first noted 
about the breast, rapidly extending to other portions 
of the body but it may be first apparent at any point. 

By this time or in fact before, the case should 
have been in charge of a physician and further des- 
cription is unnecessary. 

A final word of caution — the infection of no disease 
lingers about a room or clothing longer or more ob- 
stinately than that of scarlet fever. Every article 
that has come in contact with the patient must be 
thoroughly disinfected and on recovery the sick room 
entirely dismantled, fumigated and renovated. 

After a severe attack of scarlet fever, or any serious 
illness, the patient is always greatly emaciated and in 
every way weakened. Nothing excels the C. D. Cos 
Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as a most highly concen- 
trated stimulating food to repair the waste and it 
should always be given to convalescents. 



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SHINGLES. 

This peculiar zone or belt of eruptions generally 
about or around the trunk is comparatively rare, but 
occasionally becomes so prevalent in certain localities 
as to constitute almost an epidemic. 

It is often ushered in by slight feverish symptoms 
making its appearance as a distinct complaint, but 
more frequently it occurs as a complication of ague or 
some severe febrile disease. 

It is characterized by irregularly shaped groups or 
clusters of eruptions, varying in size from half an inch 
to three or four inches in diameter usually first ap- 
parent at about the middle line of the back and ex- 
tending in a wavy, disconnected band around the right 
side towards the front of the body. Sometimes 
another belt or zone will form on the other side, and 
these cases are popularly supposed to prove uniformly 
fatal but this opinion is a fallacy. 

The course of the disease ordinarily continues eight 
or ten days, after which if properly treated the erup- 
tions disappear and the patient gradually recovers 
health. 

Treatment. 

The first great care in a case of shingles should be 
not to break the vesicles or small blisters which can 
be easily noted in the eruptive patches. Their rup- 
ture very often leads to the development of obstinate, 
indolent ulcers very hard indeed to heal. The erup- 
tions should be dressed, either with the C. D. Cos 
Healing Lotion and then thickly powdered with 
starch, or bathed with a solution of acetate of lead. 
The former however is to be preferred. After the 



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patches have begun to dry up, frequent bathing with 
warm water into which a small portion of the C. D. 
Co' s Antiseptine has been placed is a most excellent 
remedial measure. 

The bowels should always be kept open and mov- 
ing freely with the aid of the Liver Pills. 

The most important measure of all however, is to 
remove the disease altogether from the circulatory 
system and doing this most thoroughly and complete- 
ly is the only way of preventing the recurrence of the 
malady. Give the Sarsaparilla Resolvent regularly 
from the very outset of the disease, continuing it for 
several weeks after the acute phase has disappeared 
and the general health of the patient will not only be 
better in every way, but the latent poison will have 
been fully eliminated from the system. 



SORE THROAT. 

Mild attacks of tonsiiitis, pharyngitis or inflamma- 
tion of any portion of the throat, are nearly always 
consequences of a cold and if not very severe and ac- 
companied with ulceration, they can usually be con- 
trolled by the housewife without professional aid. 

But if exceptionally obstinate and when on exam- 
ination the whitish or yellow patches which denote 
an ulcerous tendency are very evident, it is always 
advisable to call a physician, as the extreme form of 
this complaint sometimes requires a surgical opera- 
tion to entirely cure it. 

For the milder forms however any one of a score 
of simple remedies will suffice. 






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The little tablets of chlorate of potash to be had 
at any drug store will often be sufficient to afford re- 
lief. They should be held on the tongue and allow- 
ed to dissolve slowly. 

A gargle of a strong solution of baking soda and 
water is sometimes good. 

Borax and water is also used. 

Another that is highly recommended is salt and 
water with a good proportion of vinegar. 

Steaming the neck or throat, or hot applications 
are almost certain to relieve the soreness, but great 
care should be taken to prevent exposure afterward, 
as the patient is very liable to take more cold. 

In all cases of inflammation of the throat, keep the 
bowels open by using the C. D. Cos Liver Pills, for 
if the outlets of the body are moving freely, inflamma- 
tion in any part yields far more quickly. 

Advice as to curing clergyman's and singer's sore 
throat will be found under the chapter on '* Hoarse- 
ness" and if the directions there given are followed, 
relief and immunity are both assured. 



SALT RHEUM. 

This very troublesome and inveterate eruptive dis- 
ease appears most frequently on the hands, but often 
extends to the arms or even other portions of the 
body. 

It is characterized by patches of minute vesicles or 
blisters filled with a thin corrosive fluid, accompanied 
by intense burning and itching. These after a time 



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harden and slough off in small white scales to reap- 
pear in a brief period in another place. 

This complaint is transmitted by inheritance to a 
very great degree and it is an exceedingly obstinate 
malady to entirely cure. 

However a persistent use of those two standard 
preparations, the C. D. Cos Sarsaparilla Resolvent 
and Rose Cream, will not only relieve but entirely 
eliminate salt rheum from the system. 

Take full doses of the Sarsaparilla regularly three 
times each day and continue it for a considerable 
period after the scaly patches have apparently disap- 
peared, if you would drive away the disease forever. 

Anoint the eruptions liberally with Rose Cream, 
particularly on retiring and not only will the severe 
irritation be greatly soothed and quieted, but the pow- 
erful healing effect of this delightful emollient will 
cause the patches to rapidly subside, leaving the skin 
clear and healthy. 

There is a popular superstition to the effect that 
salt rheum is incurable but this is not a fact. The 
use of these two compounds will entirely remove it 
and not only at small expense and little trouble but 
both are in the highest degree pleasant and palatable. 
The days of nauseating or disgusting medicinal pre- 
parations are past and at the head of modern im- 
provement in this respect will be found the standard 
products of the C. D. Cos laboratory. 



SCROFULA. 

Because of its wide prevalence, its great obstinacy 
and the awful straits to which its victims are often re- 



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duced, scrofula has become almost the synonym of 
deep seated, loathsome disease. 

In some of its hundred forms it seems to permeate 
a large portion of the entire body politic and unfor- 
tunately, it is apparently increasing rather than dim- 
inishing in extent and power. 

No taint is more certainly visited upon the inno- 
cent offspring of those who suffer from it than this. 
Scrofulous parents will almost surely beget diseased 
children and while the malady may be quiescent in 
one generation, it is very liable to break out in the 
next, unless the blood is entirely renovated and puri- 
fied of the hereditary taint. 

Consequently all persons in whom there is the 
slightest suggestion of this awful disease, no matter 
what their general health or position in life, should 
never lest until they are certain that it has been for- 
ever subdued and removed. Not only do they owe 
this to themselves but it is an imperative obligation 
to their descendants. What use is there in a life 
spent in the effort to bequeath their children money 
and lands, if that priceless gift of health with which 
to enjoy and use wealth rightly is not given with it. 
If your posterity can be left but the one, strong 
bodies are infinitely the more precious than untold 
millions in bonds or gold. 

Symptoms. 

The indications of scrofula are legion and the more 
common forms are known to every one, therefore the 
author need but reter briefly to them. 

The parts which this disease seems to consider its 
especial prey are the glands, most often those of the. 



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neck and throat, although it may affect any or all por- 
tions of the glandular system. In these attacks the 
glands are noticed to become slowly larger and very 
hard, in the case of the smaller and less important, 
forming what are often called "kernels" under the 
skin. This enlargement is usually attended with a 
considerable degree of soreness although frequently 
this feature is absent. Unless checked, the glands 
increase in size, intense inflammation sets in and the 
swelling finally develops into the most obstinate ul- 
cers known to the medical profession. 

Inflammation and ulceration of the tissues surround- 
ing the eyes, is another frequent sign of the scrofulous 
taint, as are, in fact, very many forms of skin diseases 
and almost every ulceration of any part of the body. 

Wounds that are indolent, refusing to heal quickly 
and properly, sloughing, suppurating, etc, are certain 
indications of the presence of this poison in the blood. 

In substance, if the blood is in a perfectly pure and 
healthy state, all injuries will heal kindly and ulcerous 
disturbances will never be known. If the opposite is 
noted, then the blood is in a serious condition and al- 
terative measures are absolutely imperative. 

That the scrofulous tendency surely predisposes to 
consumption, is a fact well known to the entire medi- 
cal profession and conclusively proven by thousands 
of cases. 

The presence of this poison in the system, opens 
wide the doors to any and every acute ailment, and as 
it cannot but weaken the vitality of the patient, re- 
duces to a minimum the chances of successful com- 
bat with the deadly myriads of disease germs. 

With all this considered, it seems impossible 
that any who know this poison to be latent in their 



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system, should rest contentedly without using every 
effort and resource to eradicate it. Particularly 
when this can be done at slight expenditure of either 
money or trouble. But there are many who are 
blinded by their temporary immunity and never be- 
come aroused until the malignant phase of the disease 
is fully developed and in consequence recovery is ten- 
fold slower and more difficult, to say nothing of suf- 
fering which might have been prevented by timely 
action. 

The author wishes he might warn in tones of thund- 
er, every one who has even a slight suspicion of scro- 
fulous poison in his blood. Strike this demon 
while it is sleeping. Slay it in its lurking place and 
thus insure to yourself and yours a future of health 
and happiness. 

Remedies. 

The noted specialist, from whom after much solic- 
itation and an immense outlay in money the C. D. 
Co. finally secured that invaluable formula the Sarsap- 
arilla Resolvent, was widely known for his phenomen- 
al success in treating scrofula in all its forms and 
phases. And this invaluable compound is the weap- 
on with which he laid low this most persistent devil 
of disease. 

While unexcelled as a general alterative, having a 
quick and most pronounced beneficial effect on all 
ailments which originate from humors in the blood, 
this wonderful preparation was originally designed 
and used as a specific for scrofulous affections. 

Tens of thousands of successful cures testify to its 
value as a specific for this malady and there is not a 



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well developed case of this dreadful affliction that will 
not yield to its potent action. Take it regularly 
three times each day in full doses and it will require 
but a brief period to demonstrate the truth of this 
statement of its virtues. 

Do not think however that even this most power- 
ful remedy will cure in one day or one week. There 
is no malady which more thoroughly and completely 
involves every organ and tissue of the system and 
naturally it will not relinquish its grip without resist- 
ance. The fight must be constant and unflinching to 
subdue it. It may take months to entirely eradicate 
the last trace of scrofula from the blood, but the cer- 
tain reward of faith and perseverance is sure to come 
and the patient be. freed from its oppression for all 
time. 

Patients in whom scrofula is thoroughly developed, 
invariably suffer from emaciation and wasted vitality. 
Such should always take the C. D. Cos Emulsion of 
Cod Liver Oil in connection with the Resolvent, for 
unless the system has sufficient strength to aid the 
Sarsaparilla in its action, the poison will still linger, 
despite the most powerful remedial measures. 

Ulcers and scrofulous sores should be dressed with 
the C. D. Cos Antiseptine and Medicated Absorbent 
Cotton. They not only have a strong healing effect 
but their antiseptic properties are of infinite value in 
preventing malignant blood poisoning. 



TYPHOID FEVER. 

If one-tenth part of the degree of apprehension 
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with which all classes regard cholera were given to 
typhoid fever, the result would be a great diminution 
in the vast amount of those who every year fall vic- 
tims to its ravages. 

It is but another example of the truth of the saying 
that ' 'familiarity breeds contempt," for while there 
may exist a universal dread of this disease, it is not 
held at its true value because of everyone having be- 
come more or less accustomed to its presence. Ty- 
phoid is one other of that class of diseases which 
have their origin in, and are transmitted by, germs or 
bacteria. The common impression that typhoid or 
enteric fever is contagious, has no foundation in fact, 
but that it is often epidemic to a greater or less ex- 
tent is caused by the presence of vast numbers of 
these minute microbes, which are always absorbed 
through the mouth and stomach into the intestines, 
the seat of the malady. 

At certain periods these bacteria swarm in waste 
places, especially poisoning sources of water supply 
and it is in this manner, more often than any other, 
that they secure lodgment in the human system. 
They breed and multiply in the same homes as all 
their death-dealing fellows, viz; cess-pools, closets 
and all receptacles for refuse matter. Exterminate 
and keep them down with the constant use of disin- 
fectants and your household is guaranteed safety from 
this dreaded fever. When typhoid is abroad in the 
community, use the C. D. Co's Germ Killer every day 
in all out-houses and every possible lurking place of 
germs, and immunity for you and yours will be the 
reward. 

The best method of curing disease, is to prevent it 
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family could be avoided by the intelligent applica- 
tion of those means which scientific research and 
commercial enterprise have placed at the disposal of 
every one. 

While typhoid is not of itself necessarily fatal, yet 
the peculiar liability to serious complications which 
attends it, stamps this disease as one of the most 
grave and difficult that the profession is called upon 
to treat, and places it entirely beyond the manage- 
ment of the housewife. When the symptoms of in- 
disposition are at all indicative of typhoid fever, a 
physician should immediately be summoned. 

Symptoms. 

The advent of typhoid is very insidious, the patient 
declining in health so gradually that it is often im- 
possible to fix the exact date at which pronounced 
illness was first noticeable. For days prev- 
ious to the severe stage of the ailment, there is lassi- 
tude, loss of appetite and more or less headache. 

This phase is followed by the first indications of 
the acute disease, nausea and vomiting, great rest- 
lessness, diarrhoea, furred tongue and usually high 
fever, etc, etc. Bleeding at the nose is common and 
the bronchial cough very rarely absent. 

If he is not already in attendance, the calling of a 
physician should not be delayed and the responsibility 
of the household healer will, of course, be transferred 
to him. The individual peculiarities and complica- 
tions of a case of typhoid fever are so varied, that no 
reliable directions for treatment or diet can be given. 
This must be left to the knowledge and experience 
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One point — all excreta from a typhoid patient is 
charged with the poisonous germs of the disease and 
should therefore be treated with the Germ Killer be- 
fore being disposed of. Pour two or three tea spoon- 
fuls of the clear liquid into the receptacle, then empty 
in a remote place. 

. After a siege of this wasting fever, the patient is in- 
variably greatly reduced and to restore flesh and 
strength give him the Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. 
It will build up the waste tissues with marvelous 
rapidity and hasten immeasurably complete recovery. 



TOOTHACHE. 

Often the intense pain through the teeth, jaw or 
face is of a neuralgic origin, aggravated either by ex- 
posure or a decayed condition of one or more of the 
teeth. But usually a common toothache is caused 
by decay or ulceration at the root of the tooth and 
can only be permanently relieved by a dentist. 

Temporary alleviation of the pain can, however, be 
had by the use of one of the following remedies: 
The C. D. Cos Toothache Drops are a specific in al- 
m ost every instance and should be used in preference 
to anything else, when at hand. If these cannot be 
had, try a few drops of oil of cloves, chloroform or 
oil of sassafras. Any of these should be applied by 
s aturating a small bit of the Medicated Absorbent 
Cotton and filling the cavity with it. 

If of a neuralgic character, the pain can very often 
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saturated with equal parts of Anodyne Liniment and 
water, and thoroughly steaming the face, neck and 
head. 

Toothache is an indication of some disturbance or 
derangement of the structure of the teeth and a good 
dentist should always be consulted at the very first 
opportunity, no matter if the pain is temporarily sub- 
dued. 



TUMORS. 

These swellings or enlargements are almost infalli- 
ble evidence of scrofula and should be heeded accord- 
ingly. 

The surgeon's knife will and should remove them, 
but unless vigorous alterative treatment corrects the 
diseased condition of the blood, they will surely re- 
turn and possibly at a point that will entail grave re- 
sults, such as about the ovaries, etc . 

The a'uthor has endeavored to give great emphasis 
to the importance of removing the scrofulous taint 
from the blood, in the chapter devoted to that disease, 
and would refer the reader to that portion of this 
little work. 

Never attempt to remove even small tumors un- 
aided by professional assistance and advice. All op- 
erations are exclusively the province of a skilled sur- 
geon, and no amateur should ever risk even apparent- 
ly unimportant matters of this kind. 



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ULCERS. 

These serious suppurative sores may arise from any 
of a score of causes, but, as has already been stated, 
they almost invariably come from a diseased state of 
the blood and where the blood is perfectly healthy 
they are rarely, if ever, to be found. The exciting 
cause may be a wound or bruise, acute scrofula, 
fever, syphilis, etc. 

To cure them it is absolutely imperative that the 
blood be purified or renovated by a course of Sarsap- 
arilla Resolvent and until this is done no dressing or 
external application will effect more than temporary 
relief. 

In combination with the internal treatment as 
above, use the C. D. Cos Antiseptine and Medicated 
Absorbent Cotton in dressing the ulcers. 

Saturate sufficient of the Absorbent Cotton with the 
Antiseptine to completely fill the orifice and cover the 
immediate region of the sore to prevent the exuding 
pus from spreading contamination to the surrounding 
parts, and firmly bandage with soft linen. Renew 
every twenty-four hours, washing off the hardened 
matter from the surface about the edges, with a solu- 
tion of warm water and the Antiseptine ; but not bath- 
ing the interior of the cavity. 

This dressing will not only keep the suppuration 
free and healthy but will in a very short time entire- 
ly heal the most obstinate ulcers, providing the Bar- 
saparilla is taken regularly as directed. 



WARTS. 

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hands and most common in children, are of no con- 
sequence aside from their being a disfigurement. 

They very frequently disappear of their own accord, 
especially with the growth and development of a 
child, but if it is considered desirable to remove them, 
it can be done by any of the following methods: 

Burn the top of the wart every day or every 
second day with lunar caustic. Apply in the same 
manner, with a small brush, either carbolic, sulphuric 
or acetic acid. 

Another very effectual plan of removing them is 
to tie a silk thread very tightly around the base of 
the wart as close to the skin as possible. This liga- 
ture will gradually kill the wart, causing it to slough 
off. 

Occasionally these pests are very persistent, re- 
appearing again and again in the same place as fast 
as removed, but usually one thorough treatment as 
above will eradicate them permanently. 



WORMS. 

The presence of worms or parasites in the intes- 
tines is a very frequent cause of indisposition and 
general disturbance of the entire system. This is es- 
pecially true of childhood and there are few mothers 
who do not have to wage a more or less constant 
warfare with these interlopers, during the growing 
years of their family. Consequently the symptoms 
of their presence are well known to the majority of 
women and the author will dwell but briefly on them. 
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ferred to in this connection, tape worms being a 
graver matter and one requiring professional aid if 
the case be at all severe. Unimportant instances of 
tape worm however, are practically included under 
this head, the symptoms of the milder cases being 
similar and the remedies prescribed effectual, except 
in patients where the tape worm is very large and 
firmly seated. 



Symptoms. 

Probably the only certain means of definitely de- 
termining the presence of worms in the intestinal 
canals, is by noting either the parasites themselves or 
the ova which pass from the patient in the process of 
defection. 

The usual constitutional symptoms, are defective 
nutrition, in other words the patient appears to derive 
no benefit from food, often pain in the abdomen, 
nausea and pallor. Other indications may be swollen 
eyelids, irritation of the nostrils, grinding the teeth 
during sleep, etc. 

Any of these may denote the presence of worms 
and as the remedy is pleasant and harmless, meas- 
ures should at once be taken to remove the parasites 
from the system. 

Remedy. 

Give the C. D. Cos standard Vermifuge in doses 
proportioned to the age of the patient, as directed on 
the bottle. 

This is one of the safest and at the same time most 



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thoroughly efficacious preparations known to the 
materia medica and it should be constantly in every 
household where there are children. It has strong 
soothing and tonic qualities and its use will prove 
most highly beneficial in every way. 



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MEMORANDA. 

Every housewife is constantly accumulating form- 
ulas, recipes and bits of valuable information of var- 
ious kinds, which it is in the highest degree important 
to preserve. Memory cannot always be relied upon 
implicitly and it is a wise measure to always write 
these out in full and thus guard against all possibility 
of error or loss through forgetfulness. 

Small memorandum books, almanacs, etc., are 
very liable to become mislaid and to supply this need 
for a permanent place for this data, where it can be 
always at hand and in a convenient form for ready 
reference, the following pages have been left blank 
and ruled especially for this purpose. 

In the table of contents at the beginning of the 
book will be found blank lines to correspond with 
these pages and if the private recipes are indexed, 
they can be found without an instant's dela\. 

The publishers have substituted this plan in the 
place of the great array of miscellaneous rules, formulas, 
etc. , which are usually to be found in a work of this 
character, few of which are ever used, believing that 
the arrangerrent which permits the preservation of 
one's own recipes, which have been proven valuable, 
will be more generally acceptable. 



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